Geno Stone takes pay cut

[XsandOs]

(Yesterday, 07:19 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: We get Trey extended and add another Guard like Risner or Scherff and I am happy with this Offseason for sure.

Bottom line we didn't lose anybody essential to our success.

This!

If you had told me in January that we would sign Chase AND Tee, pay Gisecki and pay Hill - I would have questioned your sanity.

With the draft picks, extending Trey and signing a G would complete the quasi rebuild. 

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 07:19 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: We get Trey extended and add another Guard like Risner or Scherff and I am happy with this Offseason for sure.

Bottom line we didn't lose anybody essential to our success.

You're right, all they've really done is cheapen the payroll with equal or lesser talent. Let's hope that this draft knocked it out of the park.. 

[Soonerpeace]

I think Trey gets done but I think they are done. I believe Pally said Geno took a pay cut for Trey? That’s hard to believe if it weren’t Pally.

[*rfaulk34*]

(11 hours ago)SunsetBengal Wrote: You're right, all they've really done is cheapen the payroll with equal or lesser talent. Let's hope that this draft knocked it out of the park.. 

"Hope is not a strategy". 

[SunsetBengal]

(11 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: "Hope is not a strategy". 

I know that you're right, but it's all that I've got at this point in the year. 

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(11 hours ago)Soonerpeace Wrote: I think Trey gets done but I think they are done. I believe Pally said Geno took a pay cut for Trey? That’s hard to believe if it weren’t Pally.

You can just leave it at "that's hard to believe". 

The Bengals intentionally gave Tee and Chase decent base salaries in 2025 to up their year 1 cap hits rather than try to do any gymnastics to increase cap space now, they also haven't cut Pratt or Volson yet. They haven't used any of the many non-paycut methods they have available to them to create cap space. So it's absolutely unlikely that Stone just purely out of the good of his heart agreed to take a 25% paycut so that Hendrickson, who was already making 3x of Stone's original salary, could get even more money. That $1.5m will certainly make all the difference while passrushers are getting $33-40m/yr.

[*rfaulk34*]

(11 hours ago)SunsetBengal Wrote: I know that you're right, but it's all that I've got at this point in the year. 

It's all good. I just can't believe it took me this long to put it in my sig.

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(Yesterday, 09:54 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That's encouraging news. I hope that it means that they're gathering as much cap room as they can to get the extension with Hendrickson done and possibly sign Brandon Scherff to play Right Guard.

I have been reading more, that both sides are starting to get serious about getting Trey's contract done.

[Luvnit2]

Bengals are not the FO that lacks effeciency many fans perceive them to be.

Geno by his own admission was upset with how he played in 2024, as he said esepecially the first half of 2024. He also said it was ony his fault so to me I know words, but ecouraging words because not easy to admit your poor play is your fault.

It also aappears they are trying to create cap space fo 2025, they also restructured Moss so between the two an extra 3 million.

I hope the first priority is to extend Trey through 2027 with a fair deal. Then, would like either a vet CB or vet OG.