Why is Peko still on the team?

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(08-06-2015, 10:12 PM)Blake2Pickens Wrote: That, and not asking hall to restructure his contract were two head scratching moves from the Bengals this offseason.

Peko will make 3.7 million and was one of the worst DTS in the game last year. PFF had him in the bottom 5% of the league, so I wonder what the thought process in keeping him here was.

Hall...is in jeopardy of losing his job.  Had the Bengals asked him to take a 50% pay cut or he'd be released, he would have taken the 3.8 million for the season.  He never would have received more than that if he were cut.

Instead hall is going to be making 7.7 million and Peko 3.7.  I see that as a waste of 7.5 million. Nick Fairley was signed for 5 million.

I'm asking cause I honestly see no value in how they played both players final year in stripes

What does the team gain cutting Peko prior to the end of the preseason? They can go through camp, then insure no major injuries at the DT position and cut him and pay none of his salary as it is not guaranteed,

I don't think PFF knows or takes into account the DL calls each play when they do their evaluation. I am not an expert, but Zimmer is and when PFF stats were saying Peko sucks, Zimmer was saying he was one of the best in the league. Zimmer never pulls punches and could care less about a player's feelings so I trust what Zimmer said over guys who analyze simply by tackles, sacks and forced fumbles with no idea the role a player is playing in the defense each snap.