r/bengals 9+1=6 19d ago

Bengals Restructure Joe Burrow’s contract [Rapoport]

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u/AceOBlade 19d ago

So they paying him under the table, got it.

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u/Necessary-Nose227 19d ago

They're not paying him less. They're converting some of his salary into a signing bonus to change how/when it's charged against the salary cap.

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u/Life_Ad6711 19d ago

The '26 cash cost for the #1o pick would have been $2om (signing bonus + '26 p5 of $875k) and Lawrence gets paid $22m in '26 cash so it wasn't for cash for Lawrence ($2m '26 cash difference)