Impact on Bengals' salary cap after Mike Pollak's retirement

When the Cincinnati Bengals released Mike Pollak earlier this year, they took $333,333 of dead money against the cap due to the proration remaining on his signing bonus. His retirement doesn't change that.

Here's a question: How will Mike Pollak's alleged retirement impact Cincinnati's salary cap? Wait just a minute. Why would this impact anything? He wasn't with the Bengals at the time of his reported retirement and if he's retired, wouldn't that just clear whatever obligations remain?

On April 12, 2013, Cincinnati re-signed Pollak to a three-year deal worth $4.8 million with $1,000,000 guaranteed (the combination of his $500,000 signing bonus and a 2014 roster bonus of $500,000). As in most…