Jansen Released!

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Originally Posted by sandtrapjack

My thought when I first saw it was "June 1st cap casualty". Players released before June 1st, the team is able to save the cap hit in the current NFL year, but take that hit the following year.

But since next year is currently an uncapped year, June 1 is an irrelevant date this season.

This is going to be about a 5 million dollar hit on the cap, or something close to that, but the only place the Redskins could spend that money anyway is an extension. From that point, this move makes sense.