After revisiting Spotrac's page on Hurns, I think ATLjag is correct in that the Jags could not have avoided the $4 million guarantee by cutting him before friday because his contract had a total guarantee of $20 million and he had only received $16 million of that prior to friday. They could still trade him and not be on the hook for the money. Perhaps he's being packaged with draft picks to move up in the draft.

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