08-20-2018, 05:55 PM
(08-20-2018, 04:58 PM)Stewy Wrote: So I guess my question is - why is it purely a financial decision? If that were the case, MJ wouldn't have a job. There HAS to be more here. Were the young guys out per forming George? Was George not doing what was asked of him by the new DC?
The fact that we aren't even trying to trade him, says a lot to me.
There has to be more to this than:
It's financial or
It's a bad move.
Come on people, let's actually discuss this vs. using blanket statements.
It's never purely a financial decision, but there was definitely some financial motivation. Iloka was due to make $5.3 mil this year, and he's simply not worth that. That's why they couldn't trade him -- no one was giving them an asset to pay him $5-6 mil each of the next two years (or whatever he had left on his contract). What I don't understand is why they didn't try to renegotiate the contract. Would he take $1-2 mil over the next two or three years? That wouldn't be a bad deal ...
I don't think they would've cut Iloka if they hadn't drafted Bates. They apparently figured they could get equal burn out of Bates, based on his performance thus far, at a much cheaper price. I don't necessarily have a problem with it if they use the saved money to re-sign Geno and Dunlap, or to sign Eric Reid. But we won't know if it's a bad move until we see what Iloka and Bates do going forward. If Iloka signs with Seattle or NE and makes the pro bowl, I'll be pissed ...
Agree that MJ isn't worth his contract, Williams either. Do we not have a replacement for them? As many DEs as we've drafted over the past few years, I hope we'd be able to replace MJ at least ...
