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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 600350">That's not what I said.Hawk has no guaranteed money left in his contract, so his current contracted pay wouldn't become guaranteed until Week 1 of the regular season.The issue is that if he's still on the roster, unrenegotiated, on March 10 he will count $5.1 mil against the cap from that point forward until and unless he's released or renegotiated.  March 10 is also when free agency starts, so the potential $3.5 mil in cap savings that would come from releasing him might put a minor crimp in plans to get other guys signed.The question before the court is whether an injury settlement is required as part of his release, whether a team physical is required, and the earliest date that physical and settlement negotiation could occur.In both of those cases the players were released after a team physical.  That no injury settlement is mentioned doesn't mean one had not been negotiated.  They must happen all of the time but they're rarely mentioned in the reporting.I wonder whether there's an earliest date a team can demand a physical of a player under contract.I think there are questions that still need to be answered.</blockquote>

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