03-19-2021, 12:54 PM
(03-19-2021, 12:44 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: People won't like to hear this, but the Bengas did Atkins dirty.
He was an obvious cap casualty, and he should have been released before free agency opened. They did him absolutely no favors by waiting this long.
A lot of teams have used up a good portion if not all of their cap room. DT's have come off the board. He's now entering into a buyers market with reduced spending.
I said this last week, that they shouldn't wait. It's not fair to some of these guys if you know you're going to cut them to wait. And as far as restructuring, I'm sure they could have figured out whether or not that was something either party was interested in well in advance.
I'm sure some will disagree with me, but I think this was inevitable and I'd be kinda pissed if I were Geno. You don't need a specific replacement in hand and inked to know this wasn't going to work out.
I'm not sure he will actually pass a physical yet, so it may not matter that he was a later release. He had shoulder surgery after the season and usually, guys like that are later signings in FA.
