it has occurred to us that
this this is coming
and that's part of the reason why we're doing the things that
you see us doing. We're trying to prepare to
find a way to
keep Joe here. And keep Chase here and keep Higgins here and
keep void here. If for example,
it's
Going to be a real challenge for us.
And
I sort of like how Mahomes said
he doesn't care about what those guys are getting, he set
for life with what he's got and why isn't that a good way to
look at it? I'm thinking
Yeah. Yeah. All the oligarchs convenient. Yeah.
Oh, they're all gonna think that.
And and look bottom line is
There's a hard salary cap but
the way that some teams skirt it is they don't spend up to it
and they carry it over and then they carried over and you'll
see these obscene numbers like a
team's got a hundred million dollars in cap space, where did
that all come from? It came from the fact that they haven't
been spending up to the cap and it just rolls over and it rolls
over and rolls over and that's money that stays
in the pockets, in many
instances of ownership and not in the pockets of the players.
So
look, I got no. With with, with the guilt trip, that gets
applied to a quarterback to not be a pig at the trough when all
the food is being dumped into the trough for all the other
pigs,
but when, when it's not, when it's being withheld, that's
when you have a problem. So are the Bengals going to spend up
to the cap? Are they going to spend over the cap? Because you
have some team spent actually over the cap knowing the Cavs
going to keep
going up. So we'll do. We have to but Chris, there's no way.
They're keeping all three of those receivers are not.
Keeping Jamar chased, e Hagins,
and Tyler boy, it's not going to happen because one of those
guys has become a free agent and somebody else can offer
them, more than the Bengals will pay and they're going to
go take it. You're not going to keep everyone.
So they should just hope that they can keep
burrow
and Chase and then you trust that you'll find other guys who
can come in
via the draft to replace Higgins and boy. Yeah, that's
right. I think that that's the, you know, number one. And
number two who you want to keep for sure, that's where it all
starts
and a jobber. Oh, for sure.
Jamar Chase. No doubt about that and they might be able to
keep T Higgins to, but to your point, I don't think they can
keep ball three. That's where someone's going to fall by
the wayside or maybe it's t Higgins. That ends up going and
Boyd end up staying because
I think Boyd is on his second contract already. Right Pete.
If I if I remember correctly there but it is it's hard. It's
hard but it's one of those things to Mike. I think you
know you would agree with this is
the time is now spend the money on the salary cap.
You should be getting your return back as far as money.
People come into the stadium. I mean, you have a lightning rod
of a player that everybody loves wants to see and
the Bengals fans and fan base. And everything there,
they don't want to ever see Joe burrow. Go. They haven't had
this type of quarterback since you know really what right
Boomer Esiason. He's the last guy that they've had like this
and Joe burrow is showing the ability to
even be better than a Boomer Esiason and I don't say that
lightly he was in the NFL MVP and went to a Super Bowl, but
he's shown to be special. So you know, the Brown family.
Needs to go all in here. Spend all money
because it's not every day that you get this guy and you're in
the opportunity to where you go. Well, we can compete for
a Super Bowl, really for the next five, eight years here with
this guy and a guy, a quarterback, I hope they don't
mess it up
and as we mentioned yesterday, the Bengals in a dramatic turn
and unexpected twists
selling the naming rights or at least trying to at Paul Brown
Stadium. Why they gotta get with the times. If they're
going to keep Joe Barbaro, they've got to be ready to
change. The way they do business
period. And Chris, I'm even more convinced after hearing
what Mike Brown had to say yesterday.
My prediction from yesterday that
Joe borrow will be the guy who gets a percentage of the salary
cap that that's the way to do a long-term deal to keep him in
Cincinnati.
And to ensure that his contract doesn't continuously get
leapfrogged, it's going to be a variable number. It's going to
be somewhere between 15 and 18 percent of the salary cap. Bro,
as I said, and I'm convinced, he can do this,
he can sit down and speak into a microphone and a press
conference explaining why they did this and why it's fair for
everyone. And why this is the right way for him and for
the team
to have long-term security
because they know
that of that 100 cents on the dollar they have every year
under the cap, fifteen point, eight, seven six, her 16.2 35,
whatever the final number is is going to the quarterback and
it's certainty for everyone. Even though the number isn't
certain The percentage is
and that's the best way to be fair to everyone, and leaves,
all that money left, all those 83 84 85 cents per dollar left
for everyone else on the team. I think I'm more convinced
that's going to happen
I think it is a matter of time.
Joe borough is one of those guys that at least like I would
Circle to go, this might be the guy that does happen. I do
think there's some logic to it. I do think it can make life
easy on a football team to a degree to
just to know. And then the know like oh wait, our quarterbacks,
not going to be asking for a new contract. Three years from
now where we don't really know how to plan that yet. Well, you
do, if it's the percentage of the salary cap you do.
So, I do see some logic there.
But I also think it's one of those conversations like we've
had with the Cleveland Browns this year to where there's
going to be
the oligarchs aren't going to love that either and that's
who's going to be that first owner that goes out there and
does it. What do you think? Well, I like Browns is the one
guy that would give him all the middle finger because he always
votes
against everything he does
really. So he's not going to care about others being pissed
at him. He needs to keep Joe burrow
and he doesn't want to do one of these
big money contracts that,
you know, that that's going to
just turn everything upside down in the short-term. He'd
rather have something that's longer term. He wants that
Mahomes deal. You want to get that Mahomes deal.
That lasts over a decade
the way to do it is lock into percentage of the cap and and
again I think Borough uniquely positioned to make that case.
My home is good too if he wanted to
know how to the hope the It's in Torreon. Let's piss off
agents day. The whole story on the Mahomes contract is Leigh
Steinberg. Was hell-bent on
getting a half billion dollars
and he didn't care how it was structured or whether it was
going to look good and seven or eight years. He just wanted to
be able to say we got the first half billion dollar contract
and in
sports history at least American Sports history,
whatever the case may be. Yeah, and remember we said at
the time hey I'd like to announce I have a half billion dollar
contract with NBC of course it runs through the year 2500 but
you know we can all get therefore willing to
Commit long enough, you can get to any number you want. If
you're willing to commit the rest of your life to it and
Beyond. So
I think that's gonna happen for the Bengals and they're smart
enough to know.
They can't let this kid go. They can't do it.
Yeah, I mean, no doubt about that and you hate for me. He's
already one of the five best quarterbacks in football
and he's just, you know, touching the tip of the iceberg
here as far as what he can be Herbert burrow
Their Stars we already know it, they're going.
Year. Three.
We know who they are. They're only going to get better. And
those are two guys. I think to your point, Mike that I look at
to go, maybe they do get that type of
Deal or at least, there are two that I look at to go. Oh, maybe
they're the first ones. Let's just let's keep our eye out but
I think that's going to be a big step in big NFL news when
that day does happen.