Reactions about Chris Culliver being cut?

Also really want to see if Dunbar can take another step forward. Very intriguing player for us.

What is the cap savings and/or cap hit to release him?

That's the part I'm scratching my head about. We saved $5.5 mil cutting him now whereas we would have saved $8 mil cutting him after 6/1. Why not wait. $2.5 mil is a lot.

@granthpaulsen "Scot McCloughan annouces #Redskins released CB Chris Culliver. Releasing Culliver before 6/1 saves $5.5M in cap. Would've saved $8M post 6/1"

That's the part I'm scratching my head about. We saved $5.5 mil cutting him now whereas we would have saved $8 mil cutting him after 6/1. Why not wait. $2.5 mil is a lot.

I think you can designate this a post-6/1 cut.. News stories are saying $8 million dollar savings. (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15447487/washington-redskins-release-veteran-corner-chris-culliver)

I think you can designate this a post-6/1 cut.. News stories are saying $8 million dollar savings. (http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15447487/washington-redskins-release-veteran-corner-chris-culliver)

I edited my post to include the tweet where I saw it. I didn't know you could predate a release like that.

Schneed is it true we would save $8 mil instead of $5.5 if we cut him after 6/1?

Schneed is it true we would save $8 mil instead of $5.5 if we cut him after 6/1?

Yes, but then we would have been eating $2.5M of dead money next year, as opposed to zero with the way we're doing it.

If you release a player after June 1 then you get to push off a portion of the dead money burden until next year. The Redskins chose to take the hit now to increase flexibility next year. Wise, given that Reed, Cousins, the WRs and others will all be up for new deals.

He got a lot of money for not doing a god damn thing. Glad that suspension nullified that guaranteed salary this year. Hit the road jack.

he was released with post june 1 per kien (espn blog)

Yep. Per NFL Trade Rumors also. Redskins Released CB Chris Culliver With Post-June 1 Designation, Picked Up $8M In Cap Room bit.ly/1WDSZCw #Redskins

Not sure I understand the future dating part.
Maybe they did it to give him more time to find a new team.