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Bengals salary cap breakdown: Middle Linebacker

Middle linebacker will be the third highest-paid position on the Bengals roster in 2015.

The Bengals' middle linebackers will once again be among the team's highest-paid positions in 2015.

A big reason why is Rey Maualuga. He'll lead they way at this position with a $7.1 million cap hit this year. That's almost four times more than any other Bengal middle backer will make in the 2015 season.

Here's a salary breakdown in 2015 for the Bengals middle linebackers:

BASE SALARY

SIGNING BONUS

ROSTER BONUS

WORKOUT BONUS

DEAD CAP

CAP HIT

Rey Maualuga

$2,150,000

-

$4,687,500

$300,000

($4,500,000)

$7,137,500

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