04-17-2021, 09:11 AM
(04-17-2021, 12:02 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Chargers didn't cut Drew Brees. They drafted Eli, traded Eli for Phillip Rivers and then Brees woke up, forcing Rivers to sit for two seasons as the Chargers designated Brees as a Franchise player after his breakout 2004 season. They offered him a 5 year contract after 2005 but he got a better offer from New Orleans.
You're arguing semantics just for the sake of it.
The Chargers were wanting to replace Brees as a starter and then offered him what was basically a $2,000,000 deal when his contract was up.They were done w him, especially after his injury. The deal they offered Brees was a backup deal for $2,000,000 with a ton of performance incentives that he wasn't going to hit because Rivers was going to be starting. They didn't technically cut him, sure, but they certainly showed him the door and nudged him through it.
My point stays the same, teams move on from players all the time for whatever reasons. That doesn't mean they are automatically right just because they are an NFL team with NFL scouts.
