Football Outsiders: Bengals Have Lowest Team Salary In The Division

by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 30, 2010 11:24 AM EDT in Contracts Comment 16 comments

Football Outsiders has been analyzing each team's salary in a brief division-by-division look. On Wednesday, they released the AFC North report (through ESPN's Insider service). According to their report, the Bengals 2010 team salary is $101,210,864 -- about $20 million less than any team in the division.

Team	2010 Team Salary	Highest Paid Player
Baltimore	$128,133,666	Ed Reed	$8.8 Million
Pittsburgh	$123,263,015	Ben Roethlisberger	$12.25 Million
Cleveland	$122,372,232	Shaun Rogers	$9.2 Million
Cincinnati	$101,210,864	Carson Palmer	$12.3 Million

Surprised? This is what we get for signing several players who want to recover their NFL careers to low-end deals. It also goes to show how much of a chunk Palmer's contract is against the overall team salary.

The report writes that Robert Geathers is not living up to his contract and with Carlos Dunlap being drafted this year, "Geathers will have to prove this season that he is worth the $3.95 million the Bengals will owe him in 2011." Though the report also went on to say that if Antwan Odom returns, that Geathers will be challenged from Dunlap and Michael Johnson, who very likely could move to outside linebacker. Personally, I'm confident Geathers spot on the roster is secure. While well-paid defensive ends tend to get paid for pressuring the quarterback, Geathers is still considered one of the better run-stopping defensive ends in the league. So he has use and quite frankly, compared to the other teams in the division, money isn't so much a problem.

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Lowest Salary.......Best Team

Gotta give it to Brown on that one

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by TennBengalfan on Jul 30, 2010 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

And that $20 million less....

They are saving that for contract extensions for Hall, JJ, and Ced….I hope

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by TennBengalfan on Jul 30, 2010 11:29 AM EDT reply actions

Dude. I hope they do sign Joseph pretty soon because if he hits the open market the Bengals will be out bidded and

Benson has “fought” his way out of a lucrative contract and will probably sign another 2yr deal like the one before. Leon Hall is the better all around corner and I pray to the football god’s that we can keep him too because as far as Mike Z 4-3 defense those two are the straw that stirs the drink.

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by lightskin350 on Jul 30, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Don't kid yourself...

That 20 million is going straight under Mike Brown’s mattress.

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by kazahani2 on Jul 31, 2010 8:32 AM EDT up reply actions

3.95 mil for a run-stopping de seems like he’s living up to his contract. aren’t the big-time pass rushers making 7 mil or more?

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by Raging Clue on Jul 30, 2010 11:34 AM EDT reply actions

RE:

Yep. But at the time (four years ago), it was significant. Thankfully now, Geather’s contract isn’t on par with the league’s better DE pass rushers.

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by Josh Kirkendall on Jul 30, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

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by TennBengalfan on Jul 30, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

i still think he can be a very good pass rusher as well; it’s just a case where we say thank god that mike brown frontloads contracts.

i’ll always be partial to geathers because his uncle jumpy was one of my favorite players to watch growing up (still waiting for junior to pull out the “fork lift” maneuver on an unsuspecting lineman), but hopefully speaking, i think a lot of his issues closing the deal last season had to do with not being fully recovered from his foot injury, and i look forward to him actually reaching the qb this time around.

i'm going to go america all over your ass!

by Raging Clue on Jul 30, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions

F U whodeyrevolution!

I’m pretty sure the definition of a good owner is a guy who can put a winner on the field and put some coin in his pocket. I’m no Mike Brown fan, but if they win a SB under his watch I will be. The guy already engineered the greatest stadium lease deal in NFL history and now he has put together a merry band of misfits, put some stripes on them and let them do their thing. I salute you MB.

by Carl Zander on Jul 30, 2010 11:52 AM EDT reply actions

HAHA we have a shot at it this year

I say he has been doing very well, he didn’t want to pay up for Andre and now look at him, his fatarse can’t even get on the field.

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by TennBengalfan on Jul 30, 2010 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions

That's what happens when you give talented guys second chances to play for your team.

Our defense is low-paid but is made up of pure talent. That’s because they were looking to get their careers (and lives) back on track so they were willing to take low salaries.

Oh, and players are more likely to feel strong loyalty toward the team that gave them the second chance they needed. Meaning, they’ll be more likely to re-sign with us.

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by sexsalad on Jul 30, 2010 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

Carson is raking it in

Does he have a picture of Mike Brown getting it on with a hooker and a goat or something? Then again Mikey always pays top dollar for QBs, whether they deserve it or not.

by Jcon77 on Jul 30, 2010 12:21 PM EDT reply actions

Carson is really not making as much as it would seem at first glance.

Remember, his rookie deal ran out after the 2005 season, and we all remember what he did in 2005, right? For a quarterback that good, $12.5M a year is about right. We just need reality to catch up to Palmer’s salary.

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by kazahani2 on Jul 31, 2010 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions