03-05-2021, 12:38 PM
(03-05-2021, 12:22 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I never understood why Finney was included in the deal if the Bengals never intended to give him a chance.
Rather than take on Finney's $1.5 mill cap hit for 2020, they could have just rolled that money over to 2021.
Oh well, not a surprising cut regardless after the Bengals never used him.
It was likely to have been a balancing move from the Seahawks so they had the cap space/cash to take on Dunlap's salary. Rather than giving Seattle cash, the Bengals took on one of Seattle's contracts for the rest of the year, but it was one that the Bengals could get out of at the end of the year without any dead money.
Had the Bengals just cut Dunlap they'd have been on the hook for his full salary for the rest of the season as it becomes guaranteed for the season once he's on the roster week 1. This way they saved some money and got a 7th round pick.
