Uh oh Joe Mixon

[George Cantstandya]

(04-10-2023, 01:33 AM)dxdtdemon Wrote: I'm not totally sure about FA rules, but I've heard something about being able to cut someone before June 1st with a cut after June 1st designation. Does that mean that the Bengals can cut Mixon now and still save the $10.1 million dollars that they would save if the cut happened after June 1st, or that he counts against the salary cap until June 1st, but after that time, the cap space is open and they can sign other FAs, or what?

If a player is released with a post June 1st designation the money still stays on the books until after June 1st so counts against the cap until then.   A team can select a maximum of 2 players as post June 1st designations.  

Here is an article from Over the Cap that explains it in more detail.  But I've included a quote that addressees your question:

https://overthecap.com/explaining-the-post-june-1-designation

Quote:This is what lead to the NFL’s creation of the Post June 1 designation. What a team is allowed to do is declare a player a post June 1 cut and get the benefit of the June 1st salary cap treatment while also avoiding any offseason payments or guarantees from kicking in.

That being said there is a catch to this rule and this is often overlooked. The team has to carry a player at his full salary cap charge until June 1st even though he has been released from his contract. So the dead money split does not occur in March. It does not help the team create cap room for free agents. It simply gives the team more cap room to use during the rookie signing period and to function when cap accounting expands from 51 players in the offseason to the full roster during the season.