The holding pattern seizing the Cincinnati Bengals is finally over.
With Sunday’s announcement players had voted to accept the new collective bargaining agreement, the Bengals can get back to working on contracts for guys like A.J. Green and Joe Mixon.
A prior report said the Bengals couldn’t make serious headway on the Green and Mixon front due to the limbo status of the CBA and what it meant for tags and important details like the salary cap.
With the CBA approved and the salary cap cementing Bengals cap space, the front office can now pursue these deals with a confirmed understanding of their impact.
Of course, there isn’t much time to work on the long-term status of Green. The deadline to tag players is Monday at 11:59 a.m. ET. The tag will happen, purely to extend the timeframe of getting a long-term deal done until mid-July.
An extension for Mixon can happen at any point and might just happen if the two sides can agree on a fair price. That would avoid any potential holdout debacle as the Bengals try to focus on keeping everyone on the same page around likely rookie quarterback Joe Burrow.
