06-09-2016, 05:58 AM
(06-09-2016, 01:58 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Pretty much. He's not very good and if the Bengals re-sign Hall to a low cost deal as their 3rd or 4th CB, I hope that means they cut Kirkpatrick and his $7.5m cap hit since they'd then have Jones/Dennard/Will Jack/Hall/Shaw as their CB depth, which is plenty good.
That $7.5m rolled over could get you someone seriously good in next year's FA class. (Next year's WR FA class looks amazing right now. Fitzgerald, Jeffery, V Jackson, D Jackson, Garcon, Wright, Floyd, Sanders, Baldwin, K Allen.)
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And Kirkpatrick has never been a premier CB. Even Kirkpatrick's mother can't think he's a premier CB.
No one is saying: Don't bring in Dwight Freeney because his might stunt the growth of Marcus Hunt or Will Clarke, who have both been in the NFL fewer years than Dre and Freeney is 5 years older than Leon.
In 2005 the Oakland Raiders let a aging DB go in FA because of a couple down years due to injury and they wanted to give young first round draft choice Fabian Washington a chance to develop.