Cap casualties, trade pieces, pay cuts? Ways the Bengals can create cap space

Photo by MSA/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesEven in an abnormal year, the Bengals are still operating within their usual financial standards. Only a handful of NFL clubs have more salary cap space than the Bengals have right now.

The league-wide salary cap has yet to be finalized, but whatever cap space the Bengals will eventually be listed with, that number will change before the new league year begins on March 17th.

To prepare you for when that happens, here’s how the Bengals will—and could—create more cap flexibility

Expected cuts

These are the names that have essentially been taken off the Bengals’ books going forward. The moves aren’t official yet, but these three players are so heavily…