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The Cincinnati Bengals signed Cedric Peerman to a two-year deal worth $2.13 million, which can be reached through a series of bonuses and incentives. These numbers are provided by Aaron Wilson with the Baltimore Sun.
2015
Base Salary: $745,000
Workout Bonus: $50,000
Signing Bonus: $250,000
Salary Cap: $920,000
2016
Base salary: $885,000
Workout Bonus: $50,000
Active Roster Bonus: $150,000 ($9,375/game)
Rushing Yards Incentives: $300,000 [Source]
Salary Cap: $1.21 million
If we're looking at the team's depth chart (at running back), our projections are:
- Jeremy Hill
- Giovani Bernard
- Rex Burkhead
- Cedric Peerman
- James Wilder Jr.
At this stage, there's no reason to believe that Cincinnati replaces Peerman -- especially with dead money factoring into the team's contractual obligations and Peerman's overall contributions on special teams. Aside from kicking, punting, holding and snapping, Peerman is a special teams ninja who managed everything else. He led the Bengals with 15 special teams tackles in 2014, including a three-tackle effort against the Cleveland Browns in mid-December -- the highest single-game total of the season for the Bengals.
Peerman finished fourth in 2013, with 10 tackles, and in 2012 -- with nine. Pro Football Focus ranked Peerman as the team's second-best special teams player (+8.0), behind all-star returner Adam Jones (+9.1). If we're excluding returners and kickers, PFF ranked Peerman as the league's fourth-best special teams player overall. It was Peerman that downed the football on the Titans' two-yard line that set the stage for a defensive safety.
We're not expecting much change in this status quo.