Washington released veteran linebacker Mason Foster on Tuesday, according to NBC Sports' JP Finlay.
Foster was entering the final year of his contract and was set to make $2.25 million in 2019. According to 106.7 The Fan's Grant Paulsen, the 30-year-old linebacker had a cap number of $4.25 million this year:
Grant PaulsenThe #Redskins were planning on Jon Bostic and Shaun-Dion Hamilton starting at ILB. Mason Foster possessed the team's 10th highest cap number entering camp ($4.25M). This is probably also a vote of confidence in 5th-round pick Cole Holcomb, who made 100 tackles at UNC last year.