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(10 hours ago)SunsetBengal Wrote: Maybe they did, and Fant just decided that he'd rather work with Burrow and the Bengals offense? I mean if he meets his incentives, he'll make $4.75M, I can't see the Dolphins or many other teams going significantly higher than that.

Keep in mind that if the Dolphins also offered the same $4.75m, that actually would be more than what we offered even if he hits all his incentives here. No income tax in Florida is a legit advantage.

Best I can tell between Cincinnati/Hamilton County/Ohio he's paying an extra 5.6% income tax (on top of the federal that applies to both Ohio and Florida). On $4.75m that would roughly be around a $266,000 difference.

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I agree it's probably knowing he'll both catch passes from Burrow and get paid big next offseason because he's better than Uzomah and Hurst who both got good money after being here that's the big decider for him. (Plus a better chance at winning than with the Dolphins probably doesn't hurt.)