01-27-2017, 01:17 AM
(01-27-2017, 12:51 AM)Murdock2420 Wrote: If they cut Jones, they'll still have to pay him. If the league suspends him, I do believe the Bengals would not have to pay him. I'm not 100% sure on all the finer points of the CBA, but I would guess that part of the reason the Bengals haven't done anything is the possibility of the league just doing it for them and saving them the money and headache.
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/adam-pacman-jones-4983/
Jones' 2017 cap hit is $7,666,666.
If they cut him they don't have to pay him his 2017 base salary of $6.3 million. The signing bonus has already been paid, but if they cut him before June 1st the 2017 cap hit (dead money) is $1.3 million and $666K after June 1st. I'm not positive, but I believe if he is still with the team come June first they would have already paid him his $500K roster bonus and $200K workout bonus if he participated. So I think the cap hit is the same whether they cut him now and not pay the roster and workout bonuses or after June 1st when he has already collected the roster and workout bonus.
Long story short, the Bengals save approximately $6 million by cutting him. That's $6 million which could be used to re-sign Kirkpatrick or Zeitler or sign a FA.