Jonah settling in at RT

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(08-09-2023, 04:17 PM)casear2727 Wrote: Spotrac & OTC are not agreeing with each other.

OTC has LC's dead cap at 3.3M. (could be pre-June 1), which leaves 6M.  If we let him go before he is deemed healthy, a medical settlement up to 2M can be deducted.  So the number we would save could be close to 4M.

OTC has 7.7 with 1.6 dead money.  Minus the settlement the number could be 5.7M.

Im not sure could find a better depth piece for less than 4 - 5M.

I assume you meant Spotrac, as that's where it's not displayed exactly whether it's pre-June 1 or post-June 1. Obviously, pre-June 1 won't matter at this point.
$3.3 mill is the dead cap if it was pre-June 1, which a $6 mill cap savings.
Post-June 1, it's just $1.66 mill dead cap, $7.7 mill cap savings.

If you're on Spotrac, go into the Manage Roster feature in the Bengals 2023 salary cap. On the row for La'el Collins, click Release, and it will list a savings of $7.7 mill, which is the post-June 1 cap savings.

To your point of letting him go before he is deemed healthy, my question to anything thinking of doing that would be "Why bother," especially if it means shelling out even more money for injury settlement.
We've seen the OL, specifically the RT, have injuries late in the season the past couple years anyway, so may as well wait until Collins is healthy to determine whether to keep him or not. Bengals might be down an OT (or two) and need the extra depth.