Jonah settling in at RT

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(08-08-2023, 11:34 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Hell no.  Cutting him right now yields us a whopping 2-3M.  Its a couple million more once he is healthy but that will be game 5 at the soonest.  We have missed having a Lombardi trophy twice all because of the oline and we finally get good depth and you want to cut it for a few million????? 

Somebody kill me.

Collins' cap hit this year is $9.3 mill. If released, it looks like he frees up $7.7 mill off the cap, according to both Spotrac and OTC.
I realize though that there probably is a clause that you can't do that while they are on PUP or you have to come to a settlement, but once he's healthy, I think he could free up $7.7 mill.

As others have said though, the Bengals very likely wouldn't use that saved cap this year anyway, so it would only be to help for rollover next year.
If the goal is to go for a Super Bowl win this year, would you rather have La'el Collins as a reserve, or someone like Adeniji, Smith, or Ford instead?
I lean toward Collins.