03-26-2019, 06:41 PM
(03-26-2019, 03:20 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Okay. You got me. So let me start over.
In the overwhelming majority of cases a player is not cut if he is earning his salary.
Sucks when people get hung up on a technicality, eh?
Fine. What do you have to prove your assertion? ..and post #4 doesn't do it for me.
Players being cut before the end of their contract doesn't prove that they were cut because they didn't perform. As different people have said, there are many reasons players are cut. Schemes often change in 3-5 year's time. Sometimes there is a younger cheaper option at that player's position. Sometimes teams get in cap trouble and someone has to go.
I'd bet that players being cut from 3-5 year contracts is just as common for homegrown players as external free agents. That may seem like an odd concept to a Bengals fan, but not all teams are so loyal to their own players.
Like I said, a lot of stuff can change in that amount of time. Sometimes the player gets injured or underperforms. Sometimes there's a new coach that doesn't see the player as a fit, and again, sometimes a younger cheaper option steps up.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
