Players voted and approved a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement Sunday, finalizing one of the big question marks hovering over the NFL.
In the process, the 2020 salary cap went official at $198.2 million.
It’s around the expected mark and doesn’t alter the conversation around the Cincinnati Bengals too dramatically. Original expectations planted the cap at about $200 million and the 2020 number is the smallest year-to-year cap jump since 2013.
According to Spotrac, the Bengals rolled over roughly $11 million from the prior year, bringing the number to about $209 million. Factor in the top 51, projected draft class and other factors and the Bengals have about $53.4 million in free cap space right now.
The Bengals have an interesting money plan for free agency. After Sunday’s announcement, there is plenty of room to be aggressive in free agency while also going to work on extensions for A.J. Green and Joe Mixon.
