10-19-2020, 03:03 PM
(10-19-2020, 02:51 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Well, a lot of people wanted to move on from these guys last season. (Those same people look pretty freaking smart right now.)
And there's a difference between wanting to move from them in the future vs. letting them sit and rot on the bench in the meantime.
But I wouldn't expect you to understand any of this, because you label people with legitimate gripes and frustations as being irrational fans who think the sky is falling.
Simple question (don't expect an answer): Why pay Geno and Carlos a combined 25 million to play under 40% of the snaps?
Is that not a complete misuse of cap space? If Geno Atkins is worse than Xavier Williams, and Dunlap is worse than Amani Bledsoe, then doesn't that say something about the front office that kept these guys around?
It's pretty simple, a lot of people with "legitimate gripes" change their gripes like their underwear. Pick a grip and stick with it. You either want to play vets, or you want to play best players.
As for your simple questions of why pay Geno and Carlos... Geno is coming of his 6th consecutive Pro Bowl, his play and limited usage this year is because he is coming off shoulder injury. He's only been on the field for 2 games. His snaps will go up. Carlos, on the other hand, was hurt early last year and was not productive, but once healthy went on a tear. Nothing in his last 5 or 6 games showed he had any signs of slowing down. So why trade him. Were they supposed to have some magic mirror tell them he would come back this year unmotivated to do anything other than whine about being kicked out of a park? Sure, we could trade them now, but the rest of the league is watching and we won't get crap for them. Better to sit him than to let him just take up space on the field.
