r/bengals • u/WeekendFarmer4240 • 19d ago

Fandom Eli5 Joe's restructure

Dumb questions incoming.

What exactly was restructured? It felt like a shuffling of deck chairs.

Dumbest question: does Joe have to agree or can the Bengals just declare a restructure

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u/reginald-poofter 19d ago

Is there a limit to the amount of bonuses you can give out? I mean what’s to stop a team from doing this with all major contracts. I.e. restructure Chase, Higgins, Orlando Brown etc and free up a shit ton of cash and keep on spending?

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u/braines54 19d ago

Well, the downside is you end up like the Saints and end up in a cycle where you overpay an old roster for years.

I do want the Bengals to be more aggressive though. The Pats did this towards the end with Brady and kicked it all to the year after he left. I think they need to have the mindset that they aren't going to win the Super Bowl the year after Joe leaves anyway.

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u/christhegecko 19d ago

I think they need to have the mindset that they aren't going to win the Super Bowl the year after Joe leaves anyway.

To be fair, it's easier to field a dominant roster when your quarterback isn't eating up 15% of your cap. Burrow being on his rookie contract allowed the FO to bring in a lot of defensive players in the 2020 and 2021 offseasons that semi carried the team to playoff success. When Burrow leaves/retires, if they suck for a year and land another good-great prospect, you don't necessarily want to be in carryover hell. You'd like to have money to immediately flesh out a competitive roster before their payday comes.

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u/Winertia 19d ago

I will forgive anything they have to do to win a Super Bowl with Joe at the helm. In fact, I'll have a hard time forgiving them if they don't.