08-10-2023, 01:14 AM
(08-09-2023, 05:53 PM)ochocincos Wrote: 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.
I think it would have to he a specific use of the money to help justify a settlement. Sure we would love to have depth on the OL, but how far does that cash go towards say signing Reader to a 2 year extension with that money front loaded? Something like they did with Trey. We can't keep them all, but if you can hand it to Reader, maybe you keep him for a few years and still have hope to fit Tee. I like OL depth, but love having Reader.
