Bengals waive Fred Johnson

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(03-22-2022, 11:28 AM)TecmoBengals Wrote: No Waynes and no Johnson. Does this signal more FA signings for us or is the money allocated elsewhere?

Assuming a cap hit of the rookie pool of about 2.7 million, a cap hit of 8 million for Collins and assuming the Bengals hold 6 million dollars to roll into 2023, as we tend to do, our cap space prior to the Johnson waiving was approximately 6 million dollars. So now we have something like 8.5 million.

They could use that money on a free agent or two. They could give Ogunjobi a call and see if he wants to sign another 1 year 6M deal. Or maybe they can tap into that 6M in roll over to sign Gilmore, but that's a super long shot at this point.

Alternatively, they could use that money to re-sign Bell, Bates or Pratt.