Duke Tobin: Held onto some players too long

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Reading the comments:
Apple, yeah maybe the right move. He always seemed to step up regardless of his history/deficiancies. Perhaps at least brought him in to camp, and cut bait if he was still a oain ( I suspect that he was). Now we have Burton to fill that role, lol. Except Burton doesn’t step up like Apple did.
Bell and Bates were a great duo, and should have both been retained. Battle has to beat Bell out to start.
I didn’t pay attention to Perine at the Broncos. He’s been great at the Chiefs. It seemed like every time he came this year in he made a critical clutch play. I stand by that. Our FO should have found a way.
Reader should have been retained. No brainer.

Perine should have been brought back this year. Unless he absolutely ruled it out. Which begs a question, why not? He’s an excellent role player, the kind you need to win a championship, IMHO.