Cincinnati has announced their first elimination from the Jungle before next season. This comes in the form of a player who didn’t live up to his expectations. But with his exit, the Bengals can actually reap a lot of benefits they couldn’t get with him on the roster. It’s like he was an extra piece of luggage that could have stopped the Bengals from flying in 2025. And considering the offseason business, the Bengals need to focus on. Their $24.5M defensive tackle was turning out to be a thorn in their path to achieving some bigger ambitions.
Today, Bengals’ beat reporter Kelsey Conway tweeted, “The #Bengals have started making their first wave of cuts as the team announced the release of DT Sheldon Rankins.” This move helps them save $9.6M in cap space, taking their total possibly over $62M after this decision.
The #Bengals have started making their first wave of cuts as the team announced the release of DT Sheldon Rankins
Rankins played in 7 games for the Bengals and recorded one sack. This moves frees up $9.6 million in cap spacehttps://t.co/IQNZK95upp
— Kelsey Conway (@KelseyLConway) February 21, 2025
Like this is more good news for the Bengals, who are trying to retain Tee Higgins and JaMarr Chase. Considering the NFL has also increased its salary cap space from $277.5M to $281.5M. They might just help them sign both of their receivers on long-term contracts without the possibility of losing them.
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