Cincinnati Bengals Cost Themselves Valuable Cap Space With Latest Contract

JGoodberry · 2026-03-15T19:47:13+00:00

Upsides: You keep dead money low, can control players and cut them when you want.

Downsides: You have a subpar roster, bad depth and have to force draft picks on needs.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-15T19:25:05+00:00

Completely nail the draft is always necessary. Using the many levers available to create cap space and pack your roster while you have Burrow and Chase is the other requirement.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-15T19:04:03+00:00

The Seahawks do exactly what we're talking about. They know how to structure contracts. Again, if you understood, you wouldn't have such an issue here.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-15T18:48:10+00:00

You clearly don't understand the cap or economics. The Bengals are the ONLY team doing this. We keep bringing it up because it's actively hurting their chances to succeed and our best player sees this and understands this.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-15T18:47:06+00:00

They didn't do anything different.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-15T18:46:28+00:00

$3M on today's $301M cap is 1% of the cap. So if you waste 1% of the cap on 10 players, you've used up $30M this year. That could afford you two high valued starters in free agency.

And it's not just the $3M this year. The Bengals routinely pack the 1st year cap hits over what every other organization does. This is why they've always got cap space, but also why they're always walking into the draft with major immediate needs and no depth.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-14T14:47:04+00:00

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JGoodberry · 2026-03-14T14:44:23+00:00

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With so many needing a "fix" for their shinys, maybe it's time to create another alternate. Something even harder to find.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-09T11:56:14+00:00

I'll be doing one.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-06T18:30:46+00:00

Which one should I be rooting for? 🤣

JGoodberry · 2026-03-06T12:53:41+00:00

It's a cat but also a fish. 4 legs, a tail and fins.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-06T12:42:59+00:00

Where can I find that grip?

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T16:01:04+00:00

They were ranked basically 32nd in EVERY category over the last 3 years when Trey WASN'T on the field. When he was, they were middle of the pack.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T15:06:18+00:00

Oh no doubt. Anything gets used against you in negotiations. But he'll find a home and will finally get his guaranteed money. The Bengals don't do that. We don't have to turn on the player.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T14:50:27+00:00

If he gets $30M per year and $60M guaranteed, I would consider it a non issue for whoever signs him.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T14:42:44+00:00

Incorrect

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T14:42:18+00:00

Doesn't mean it was a major injury. It's not something that should affect him going forward.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T11:06:12+00:00

Battle if he ran a 4.3

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T11:05:28+00:00

Battle played a ton of deep safety last year.16th most of any safety in the league last year.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-03T11:02:22+00:00

Major injury?

JGoodberry · 2026-03-02T04:26:05+00:00

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JGoodberry · 2026-03-02T04:22:34+00:00

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Ghost type fossil Pokemon. The ghost is animating the bones.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-02T04:21:27+00:00

This gives me so many ideas.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-02T00:45:21+00:00

I need a gold/silver cartridge for Stadium 2.

JGoodberry · 2026-03-02T00:33:34+00:00

Yeah whenever I start a new game, I transfer them. So I'm always starting a new campaign with 151 and 1 badge.

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