The Bengals made a controversial decision on Miles Murphy's fifth year option.

Did they get it right?

Let's break it down.

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I'm Jake Lisco.

And today we break down everything that went into the Bengals making a decision to decline Miles Murphy's

fifth year option. Does it have something to do with the Bengals looking forward and being

worried about their cap situation in 2027 and beyond in the wake of the Dexter Lawrence trade

and signing all these veteran free agents that they signed to a big contracts, Boy, Amafay, Brian Cook,

in free agency, even Jonathan Allen.

And so we'll get to the financial implications

because this is at least somewhat a financial decision

for the Bengals with Miles Murphy.

And we'll talk about all the ins and outs

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have decided to not exercise the fifth year option for Miles Murphy.

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