Bengals in salary cap hell

[Be Weary of Query]

Or at least that is the impression Hobspin gives every time the subject is broached:

LEWIS DOESN'T SEE TRADE: Rams running back Steven Jackson isn't going to be a Bengal. Lewis said Monday there are no indications the Bengals are going to make a deal before Tuesday's trade deadline that has been pushed back because of the storm. If the Bengals want any Rams back it would be rookie Isaiah Pead, the University of Cincinnati product they coveted in the draft. But even though he's hardly playing, the Rams aren't apparently going to give him up.

"I don’t envision anything,” Lewis said of a move.

The Bengals traditionally don't trade draft choices and Jackson is a big-ticket item that hits them at a time their salary cap isn't as flexible as it has been in the wake of the Jeff Faine signing and several million dollars tied up on injured reserve.

Notes: Hall's lesson from last Denver visit; Waiting on Sims; Rocky travels; Lewis doubts trade

What a fucking joke.

$10.4 million in room as of 9/7

That number should be post Faine signing ($1.4 million).

 

[kramer1]

Hell, I thought we were a good 30-40 mil under.

 

[DanBengalfan]

Brown is good at shuffling numbers around.

no doubt he's spending less than every other owner in the league.