Hey, Mr Hobson! Long time reader first time writing. How are you holding up during this pandemic? Well I hope. My question is; the coaching staff seems to believe in (Ryan) Finley far more than any of us fans, but do you think there's weight to it? James Harrison, Westchester, OH
JAMES: Thank you for checking in and I hope you do it more often. Keeping a lot of my fingers crossed these days, thank you, and I hope you and yours are safe.
I suppose you saw head coach Zac Taylor's unabashed support of Ryan Finley after the scrimmage Sunday. He called him a "great number two." Since Taylor is the head coach, play-caller and long-time NFL quarterbacks coach, that does carry a lot of weight. Finley had an unimpressive three starts last season, but I take Taylor at his word. Finley took more heat than deserved running an offense that had a revolving door at left tackle and no Green and Ross.
With hilltop concrete moving to a new location, are the Bengals any closer to building a new indoor practice facility? Arron Gross, Covington, GA
ARRON: I'm not sure about them being closer to an indoor facility, but it does give them another potential option for a project they have been studying ever since they've been in Paul Brown Stadium.
Why in the world didn't Jake Dolegala get any reps especially considering Finley was sick earlier in the week? If they are going to cut Jake, do it now so he can get a job elsewhere for the next ten years. Rob Jenkins, Loveland, OH
ROB: To me the question is, why didn't Brandon Allen get any snaps? Taylor indicated when they signed Allen just before camp that he's the veteran who is going to be the quarantine quarterback, either as the third QB or one of the protected practice squad players. Allen has been on the field with these guys, he gets tested every day, so you know he's OK now. Why not him let run the system he learned from Taylor with the Rams for a series or two with the Bengals personnel?
Good question, wrong guy. I tried to ask Taylor why Dolegala or Allen didn't take a snap Sunday, but I fouled it up by framing the question by how many quarterbacks they'd keep and that's just too much information to divulge to the other 31 teams on the eve of cuts. So he didn't answer it and I can't blame him.
I do think the major reason they didn't play Sunday is because they're trying to give Burrow as many snaps as possible with no spring practices and no pre-season games. It's not like he's a five-year vet cruising into an opener under normal circumstances. They just can't spare him any work.
With the announcement of no fans which will obviously cause a loss in revenue... Will that affect player contracts? Will they have to let guys go they otherwise would've re signed next season? Tommy Williams, Milford, OH
TOMMY: The announcement of no fans is good for only one game so far, the opener. But, yes, there is an impact that will be seen in the lowering of next year's salary cap, which is figured from total revenues.
Currently, the cap is $203 million per team and can't go lower than $175 million next year. Well, it's definitely going to go lower than $203 million with the loss of fans, but how much is going to be determined by Covid.
And, yet….
Look at what Bengals president Mike Brown has done since the pandemic struck in March. Despite staring at the most uncertain economic outlook of his 85-year-old lifetime, Brown has spent like he's never spent before.
In free agency he has committed to this year and beyond about $125 million to defense, about $30 million on offense that includes the one-year, $18 million franchise tag for Green and on Tuesday, the first day of September, he rolled out another $48 million in Mixon's four-year extension.
So, yes, many teams are going to be impacted by the loss of fans and the corresponding lesser cap number. But one of the reasons the Bengals can still spend like this is because they don't shove big numbers into future years when they do deals. I haven't seen the details of Mixon's deal yet, but I'm going to bet it is heavily front loaded. That's good for the player and good for the team. The lack of dead money has kept them alive during economic uncertainty.
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