BJ Finney released

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(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.

Because the Seahawks wanted his salary (which I believe was guaranteed at the time) off their cap in order to make the money part of the Dunlap trade work.

It was purely a money move for both teams.