La'El Collins opt out

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(02-24-2023, 02:15 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Lewin said he knew after the 2nd game, in which he was hurt, that he wasnt coming back.  It doesnt appear that his contract for 2023 was guaranteed (14M) and he would be a cap casualty anyway.   

With the 'failed physical designation' it sounds  like he took the medical settlement?  Get a free 2M instead of nothing and head to another team instead of waiting to be ruled healthy and then cut...? That would help the team and the player.  He was hurt almost 6 months ago so he would have eventually been cleared.   But I'm sure they followed the Article 45 of the CBA since Lewan had no issues with it.

PK has been wrong many times before....maybe not as many me, but still...I think the kid could end up being very good.  Then again I thought Kenyon Green was solid and he ended the season with negative numbers across the PFF board...

Reading through Section 45 a couple of times, it pretty much aligns with everything Jake Liscow said. Collins can definitely be cut, even without passing a physical...but it will reduce the cap savings. Instead of 6m in savings, it would be reduced to about 4.8m due the portion of the Injury Protection that would count towards the cap (1.2m of the 2m payment would count towards the cap).