Vontaze Burfict

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The question we have to ask ourselves (and hopefully the Bengals are) is is it worth keeping Burfict and his 7m cap hit in hopes he is healthy. Just to lose him after the first two games.

Or use that 7m on a player (Zach Brown etc) who has a better chance of contributing.

The problem is they have no intent on using that 7m on a free agent that would help free up the draft and fix a position of need. And that is why there is no urgency with the Burfict decision. They likely aren't thinking of extra cap space, or what they could do with the savings they would get by cutting Burfict.

If he's healthy, they should try to trade him. But they suck at the trade game. Browns would have gotten a significant return for him. They know how to rebuild, this team isn't sure what it's doing.