12-09-2017, 08:06 PM
(12-09-2017, 07:49 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: The problem is that cutting Dre results in 5.6M of dead money. You do know how this team feels about dead money, right? However, cutting him would result in 4M of cap savings.
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2017/3/11/14890900/dre-kirkpatrick-contract-breakdown-bengals
Looking at that, he will be on the roster until at least the end of '19. At that point cutting him becomes far less expensive and his contract gets far more expensive. He's such a liability in the run game, is like to see him as a nickel guy if that's the case. And we run a lot of nickel so it would take the sting out of the salary at least a little.
Hindsight is 20/20. I personally wanted them to prioritize signing him because I though good young corners were a rare breed in this passing league and incredibly valuable. Unfortunately his performance the year can't possibly be considered good
