Fant was due to have a $13.41 million cap charge in the final year of his two-year deal with the Seahawks, including $8.49 million in non-guaranteed salary. While the Seahawks opened up $8.91 million in cap room, Seattle also absorbed a dead cap hit of $4.5 million due to his prorated signing bonus.

The Cincinnati Bengals typically don’t make many moves once training camp begins, but they’ve been unusually active over the past few days. After finally agreeing to terms with first-round rookie Shemar Stewart,

Veteran tight end Noah Fant signed with the Cincinnati Bengals following his release from the Seattle Seahawks.