The Cincinnati Bengals wasted little time making one of the most predictable moves of their offseason ahead of free agency opening by cutting offensive lineman B.J. Finney.
For those unfamiliar, Finney came over from Seattle in the Carlos Dunlap trade and didn’t see any notable time on the field.
A low-risk addition to a dumpoff of a trade, cutting Finney frees up $3.5 million in cap space. It didn’t make sense to keep him around at that number as the team gets ready to remake the offensive line under new (and returning) line coach Frank Pollack.
While the Bengals have plenty of cap space, Finney is surely just the first domino to fall on the cuts front. Letting Geno Atkins go, for example, would free up $9.5 million. Cutting Bobby Hart, another $5.8 million.
The Finney move was by far the easiest to see coming, likely the first but certainly not the last as the team gets ready to undergo another offseason of major roster overhaul.
