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The Bengals still have hope that Stone and a youth movement under Al Golden solves the problems for the defense in 2025. But this contract reworking gives them a little more wiggl

Good news: The Cincinnati Bengals created a little nest of cap space with the Zack Moss contract update. Not so great news: There's a chance the Bengals don't do anything with the new space.

During the NFL offseason, only the top 51 contracts on a team's payroll count against the salary cap. Therefore, a player who is signed to a deal worth less than 51 other contract won't count against his team's cap—and a deal replacing a top-51 contracts will only add the difference to the salary total.

We now know more about the new contract for the Cincinnati Bengals and running back Zack Moss. And it turns out the Bengals clear cap space with the move, too.

The Cincinnati Bengals have tied up a good chunk of their salary cap in three offensive players. Obviously, they had to pay star quarterback Joe Burrow his five-year, $275 million contract, that’s just the cost of doing business in today’s NFL.

Head coach Zac Taylor said last week that the franchise's decision to draft defensive end Shemar Stewart with the No. 17 pick of the 2025 NFL draft had nothing to do with Hendrickson, and that he doesn't "think you can ever have enough defensive linemen, especially in this league and this division."

The Cincinnati Bengals were one of the teams with the least rushing yards in the 2024 season, and part of that might have had to do with one of their key running backs getting injured.