08-23-2022, 10:25 AM
(08-23-2022, 10:21 AM)ochocincos Wrote: Carman's cap hit is $1.7 mill this season.
Spain's cap hit last year was just under $1 mill.
So even if you have a veteran, they can still be cheaper than someone on rookie contract.
I'm probably being paranoid, but I get nightmares about the team just rolling with Michael Jordan at LG because he was cheap and young. "Oh, he'll come around," they said. We all know how that ended.
I don't want to see anything similar to that again with the guys the Bengals currently have on the roster.
Right, but they need a longer term solution at that small number. Running in vets repeatedly doesn't give them the stability to project out. The only way you develop guys is let them get real reps. Carman got some last year and Volson needs some, but just running out for a stop gap vet every time someone screws up doesn't allow you to actually find long term answers.
I am just telling you most teams want 2 guys on rookie contracts on the O line to make the cap work. It's always been part of the template teams use and having the rookie QB contract lets you get away with not doing it you will need it when Burrow get's his deal or else we are going to have to go really young somewhere else.
