Bengals offensive players: Charting free agency designation, contracts remaining and base pay for 2010

by Josh Kirkendall on Feb 4, 2010 10:15 AM EST in Contracts

The following is a chart of the team's Bengals offensive roster and where it sets up for next season. We take into account the uncapped year in which free agency is dramatically affected, forcing players to have six years of experience before becoming unrestricted free agents -- whereas it used to be four accrued seasons. On the chart, we list all offensive players, how long their signed for, their free agency designation if applies and what they're expected to earn in base salary in 2010. We'll be doing the defensive chart later today.

Since the chart is rather long, I'm going to force you to click one button. That button is...

Quarterback
Carson Palmer	Signed through 2014 with $10.5 million to be earned in base salary in 2010.
J.T. O'Sullivan	Signed through 2010 with $1.3 million to be earned in base salary in 2010.
Jordan Palmer	Exclusive-Rights Free Agent

Running Backs
Cedric Benson	Contract Year. Signed through 2010 with $2.65 million due in base salary.
Bernard Scott	Signed through 2012 with $395,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Brian Leonard	Contract Year. Signed through 2010 with $555,000 due in base salary.
Larry Johnson	Unrestricted Free Agent
Jeremi Johnson	Unrestricted Free Agent
Fui Vakapuna	Signed through 2011 with $395,000 due in base salary in 2010.

Wide Receivers
Chad Ochocinco	Signed through 2011 with $5 million due in base salary in 2010.
Laveranues Coles	Signed through 2012 with $4.65 million due in base salary in 2010.
Andre Caldwell	Signed through 2011 with $470,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Jerome Simpson	Signed through 2011 with $470,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Quan Cosby	Signed through 2010 with $395,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Freddie Brown	Signed through 2011 with $320,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Maurice Purify	Signed through 2011 with $480,000 due in base salary in 2010.

Tight Ends
J.P. Foschi	Restricted Free Agent
Chase Coffman	Signed through 2012 with $395,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Reggie Kelly	Unrestricted Free Agent
Matt Sherry	Restricted Free Agent
Daniel Coats	Restricted Free Agent
Darius Hill	Signed through 2011 with $405,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Clark Harris	Signed through 2010 with $470,000 due in base salary.

Offensive Line
Bobbie Williams	Unrestricted Free Agent
Andrew Whitworth	Signed through 2013 with $3 million due in base salary in 2010.
Kyle Cook	Exclusive-Rights Free Agent
Andre Smith	Signed through 2014 with $1.083 million due in base salary in 2010.
Anthony Collins	Signed through 2011 with $555,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Nate Livings	Exclusive-Rights Free Agent
Evan Mathis	Restricted Free Agent
Dennis Roland	Exclusive-Rights Free Agent
Jonathan Luigs	Signed through 2012 with $565,000 due in base salary in 2010
Dan Santucci	Signed through 2010 with $550,000 due in base salary.
Jason Shirley	Signed through 2011 with $480,000 due in base salary in 2010

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Okay...here's what I'd do:

QB:

Carson: If he doesn’t have a monster 2010, he ought to consider restructuring that mammoth contract in the face of a re-capped 2011.
JTO: Unlike BTO, this guy ain’t ♫ takin’ care o’ business!♫ Ought to draft a 5th-or-6th-round QB in 2010 to groom as a backup.
Jordan: I like the idea of having the Carson Copy at QB3. Several intangibles. He’ll re-sign for cheap.

RB:

Extend Ced the Pred and Leapin’ Leonard NOW. Re-sign Larry Johnson (if possible) and jettison Jeremi…let Tony Rockyhara have his shot.

WR:

Hmm…everybody signed for the next 1-3 years. What can I say…some of ‘em ain’t gonna make it. Coles, Simpson (finally) and Brown all receive their Greyhound tickets.

TE:

Give Coffman his “do-over,” re-sign Foschi, jettison the rest. Make sure to tie-wrap the bus ticket to Coats’s arm, lest he drop it.

OL:

Re-signing Bobbie Williams and perhaps Kyle Cook (if it’s not too expensive, since Luigs is waiting in the wings) are the biggest priorities here. Here’s hoping that group takes advantage of the time to gel further as a unit.

by TheWalrus1971 on Feb 4, 2010 1:33 PM EST reply actions