The Kansas City Chiefs have released cornerback Dunta Robinson just one year into a three-year contract he signed in March of 2013. The Chiefs are expected to save $3 million in cap space for the 2014 season by cutting Robinson, according to the Kansas City Star's Terez A. Paylor.
Chiefs release cornerback Dunta Robinson after 1 season
The Chiefs have parted ways with one of their highest-paid players in the secondary.
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The Falcons cut Robinson, 31, last season three years into his six-year, $54 million contract with the team. The final two years of Robinson's contract with the Chiefs would have carried cap hits of $5.3 million and $5.7 million.
The Chiefs benched Robinson in the middle of the 2013 season when the cornerback began to underperform. He started his career in Houston before Atlanta signed him to a big-money contract, but he's never been able to re-capture the success he had early in his career with the Texans.
The list of 2014 NFL free agents at cornerback is one that features a few star players. Robinson isn't likely to get a big contract on the open market and may have to settle for a one-year, prove-it contract. Aqib Talib, Vontae Davis and Sam Shields are the guys who will be fetching big money, and Robinson could be a more inexpensive option for teams.
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