The offseason begins

[Ace]

Bengals have the second highest paid QB (tied with Allen and others), the highest paid WR 1 (highest paid non QB in the league), and the highest paid WR 2

And everyone else is shit. Except an edge rusher they’re probably going to trade.

Burrow and Chase pay whatever…you aren’t improving on them in any way. I wouldn’t be paying a WR2 that money when my team has so many needs.

 

[TehDoak]

Bengals have the second highest paid QB (tied with Allen and others), the highest paid WR 1 (highest paid non QB in the league), and the highest paid WR 2

And everyone else is shit. Except an edge rusher they’re probably going to trade.

Burrow and Chase pay whatever…you aren’t improving on them in any way. I wouldn’t be paying a WR2 that money when my team has so many needs.

They are going to have to have some unbelievable draft classes to be a contender.

It doesn;t help that Baltimore is in their division and Pittsburgh isn't a pushover.

 

[Zman5778]

Burrow and Chase holding tbe bengals hostage and forcing them to give Higgins that contract is a thing of beauty. Love to see it as a Bills fan. Hopefully next they leverage a record the deal Cook wants for Chase Brown.

What's going to be funny/tragic is when Burrow gets killed behind their O-line year after year. He's going to get Carson Palmer-ed. (or David Carr-ed).

As an aside: I know that AAV =/= cap in the NFL. Trust me, I get it. But the Bengals are putting out an AAV of ~$125M for a QB and 2 WRs. On a cap of $280M. That's ~45%. Now, I get that the cap numbers will be lower for a bit.

But they're still going to be unable to stop anyone....or keep Burrow upright.....or run the ball that well........

 

[PatLaFontaineASMR]

Bengals are now

1st in WR spending (two WRs in the top 5)

28th in OL spending
22nd in DEF spending

Interesting way of building a team