Salary Cap Q&A
Q. Is it possible to cut Joe Flacco this year and not blow up the cap? What if he was cut with a June 1st tag or traded?
ANSWER: We’ll get this one out of the way first. The simple answer is “NO”.
Owner Steve Bisciotti made this pretty clear at last week’s press conference, but the Salary Cap ramifications make it pretty much impossible to cut Flacco. Releasing Flacco prior to June 1 would actually cost the Ravens an additional $4M against the Cap, over and above the $24.