As an NFC executive at the NFL scouting combine considered the Cincinnati Bengals’ dilemma, the executive dismissed a commonly cited but not universally accepted theory.
No, the executive told Yahoo Sports three weeks ago, teams need not draw a red line for what percentage of the salary cap a team spends at a position.
The salary cap keeps growing, and players age from rookie to veteran contracts. So the executive, who thought back to prior contract negotiations with players who were on rookie contracts during a Super Bowl run, offered a different guiding principle.
“Money chases the talent,” the executive said.