5 Key Players Bengals May Have To Get Rid Of This Off Season

[George Cantstandya]

For reference I think this is the article the OP is talking about if anyone is interested:

https://local12.com/sports/bengals/cincinnati-bengals-salary-cap-casualties-roster-cuts-based-burrow-extension-fantasy-football-nfl-free-agency-mixon-tyler-boyd-reader-hendrickson-lael-collins-offseason-contract

Also note it mentions "the realities of being cut" meaning they discuss if it would be likely or not to happen. Also unlike what the OP stated about being cut before June, for the players listed it states the cap hit for cut before and after June 1st for those players that have contracts beyond 2023.  So even if it happened with those 3 players it probably would not happen until after June 1st to reduce the cap hit.

And mostly they are not saying they are all going to be cap casualties.  In fact they mention Reader and Hendrickson as unlikely.

For example here is what the article says about Hendrickson:

Quote: I could see the Bengals making the decision to move on after 2023 because of the money, but hard to imagine he isn't on the roster this season.