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

by Josh Kirkendall on Feb 4, 2010 3:49 PM EST in Contracts

The following is a chart of where the Bengals defensive roster 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 defensive and special teams players, how long their signed for, their free agency designation if applies and what they're expected to earn in base salary in 2010.

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Defensive Ends
Antwan Odom	Signed through 2012 with $3.4 million due in base salary in 2010.
Jonathan Fanene	Signed through 2010 with $1.15 million due in base salary in 2010.
Robert Geathers	Signed through 2012 with $3.25 million due in base salary in 2010.
Michael Johnson	Signed through 2012 with $395,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Frostee Rucker	Restricted Free Agent

Defensive Tackles
Domata Peko	Signed through 2014 with $2.75 million due in base salary in 2010.
Pat Sims	Sighed through 2011 with $555,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Orien Harris	Signed through 2010 with $545,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Clinton McDonald	Signed through 2011 with $320,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Tank Johnson	Unrestricted Free Agent
Shaun Smith	Unrestricted Free Agent

Linebacker
Dhani Jones	Contract year. Signed through 2010 with $1.25 million due in base salary.
Reynold Maualuga	Signed through 2012 with $565,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Keith Rivers	Signed through 2013 with $810,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Dan Skuta	Sighed through 2010 with $395,000 due in base salary.
Brandon Johnson	Restricted Free Agent
Rashad Jeanty	Restricted Free Agent
Abdul Hodge	Restricted Free Agent

Cornerback
Leon Hall	Signed through 2011 with $995,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Johnathan Joseph	Contract Year. Signed through 2010 with $875,000 due in base salary.
Morgan Trent	Signed through 2012 with $565,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Mike Mickens	Signed through 2011 with $480,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Rico Murray	Signed through 2010 with $395,000 due in base salary.
Antonio Smith	Signed through 2011 with $320,000 due in base salary in 2010.
Keiwan Ratliff	Signed through 2010 with $630,000 due in base salary.
David Jones	Restricted Free Agent

Safety
Chris Crocker	Signed through 2012 with $1.75 million due in base salary in 2010.
Chinedum Ndukwe	Contract Year. Signed through 2010 with $550,000 due in base salary.
Tom Nelson	Signed through 2010 with $396,000 due in base salary.
Kyries Hebert	Exclusive-Rights Free Agent
Roy Williams	Unrestricted Free Agent

Special Teams
Shayne Graham	Unrestricted Free Agent
Kevin Huber	Signed through 2012 with $395,000 due in base salary in 2010

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Relatively expensive

After going through the list, Geathers and Crocker are at the top of my list for being relatively overpaid for their contribution. A number of non-playing cornerbacks (Mickens and down) are getting paid good bucks for staying on the practice squad.

by Richard L on Feb 4, 2010 8:18 PM EST reply actions

for sure

but wait until Joseph and Hall are making $4million each per year

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by Joe Goodberry on Feb 4, 2010 11:45 PM EST up reply actions

Overall we got some great talent locked down for next season.

Add in some key needs (no need to belabor it here) and we can have the best D in the league. We’ll need it too.

by UpStateMike on Feb 5, 2010 12:52 AM EST reply actions

Geathers is way overpaid

He’s never lived up to his one good year. I have hopes that Mickens can return to the form that made him a good college player… if so it’s a great gamble to pay him to be on the practice squad. Frostee Rucker isn’t much of a player and doesn’t stay healthy.

They really need to sign JJo and LHall to extensions. Not doing that equals huge failure and step backwards.

Ndukwe is cheap but I think he’s pretty bad as a player. The safeties in general are on of the weaker units!

Looking at that list of players I think the Bengals will have to spend draft picks on defense. There are few stars there! DE is weak too. Frankly Keith Rivers is invisible for a guy drafted where he was drafted.

by occams_tiger_teeth on Feb 8, 2010 4:02 PM EST reply actions

Draft picks on D

I think that in the first 4 rounds the Bengals have to draft a Safety, probably free, and a DE or SLB who can rush in obvious pass situations. Maybe CB or DT in the later rounds.

by jim0ijk on Feb 8, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions