10 Cuts-Your Call

Ok so you're Bruce Allen and you've been tasked with cutting 10 guys right away, regardless of salary cap ramifications.

Who do you cut? Here's the catch. Each player must have started at least one game this year.

Chris Samuels- we need to rebuild the OL and Samuels was a great player for us in the past but he's on the decline, plus he got stenosis on his neck

Randy Thomas-same as Samuels

Randle El-okay receiver but his catches need to go to one of our young guys and he's not giving us much on PR

Betts-I think Rock can give us the same thing and he's always hurt

Sellers-i get the feeling he's on the decline, he's not a fluid pass catcher, despite his size he's not a good short yardage runner, and his blocking is starting to slip

Collins-Time to get some youth in the back-up that can develop and challenge the starter

Ganther-was good in a pinch, but imo we can get the same thing from Rock

Will Montgomery-Has already been challenge for the back-up RG spot by Edwin Williams and EW can also play Center

Carlos Rogers-His contract is up and imo he's underperformed, i would re-sign for reasonable money 2nd/3rd tier CB money

Levi Jones-i'm gonna draft good young OTs and Jones is old and on the decline, i would re-sign him for back-up money

Smoot-time to turn the CB over to the young guns

The bottom line is the current group of core guys are not good enough to contend for a Super Bowl. It's questionable whether or not they're good enough to even be a play off contender. It's time to gut this team and start over. And if Allen decides to do that then a lot more than 10 guys are going to get the ax.

from what we have seen the past two years they aren't contenders they are a team that would be lucky to finish better than 8-8, i hope allen drops a moab on redskins park and blows this sucker to peices, i'm ready to finish 6-10 next year as long as wee are a playoff team in three years

If you're lucky, you'll get a pair of seconds for him, which was the price the Texans paid for Schaub. You probably will not be that lucky.

A second and a sixth, or a third and a fourth seems more reasonable.

really? i think even that's dreaming. I think a 4th is the most we could hope to realistically get. I'd say a 5th if vinny were still here but hopefully Shanahan and Allen are better at negotiating.

from what we have seen the past two years they aren't contenders they are a team that would be lucky to finish better than 8-8, i hope allen drops a moab on redskins park and blows this sucker to peices, i'm ready to finish 6-10 next year as long as wee are a playoff team in three years
Three years is a long rebuild, hopefully that marks the point to where we're in the playoffs at least every 3 years out of 4 and a consistent 9-10+ win team, but I'd like to see the playoffs at least once sooner. As long as we get it all figured out though I'll be happy in the end.

10 starters is too many, so just went with the team at this point:

Cut:
Portis
ARE
Randy Thomas
Rock
Smoot
Daniels
Wynn
Mason
W. Montgomery
Mike Williams
Betts
Sellers
Griffin
Tryon
Blache
Zorn

Seek Trades for:
S. Moss
C. Rogers
Landry (would have loved to see what he could do if we still had S. Taylor)
Campbell
Cooley or Davis (hate this)

I know this is a ton of people to cut of the roster, but if it is an uncapped year, get rid of the trash when you can without taking a hit, especially the older players who have big cap numbers and will be less productive, like portis for example. I realize this basically empties our running back position and cornerback position, but that is completely ok with me.

We have to begin the rebuilding process at some point and this is a start.

Three years is a long rebuild, hopefully that marks the point to where we're in the playoffs at least every 3 years out of 4 and a consistent 9-10+ win team, but I'd like to see the playoffs at least once sooner. As long as we get it all figured out though I'll be happy in the end.

truer words my friend

I think Wilson is 98% worthless.

That really pains WilsoWilso to say that.

Really? Wilson is a good pass rusher. He can get to the QB. I don't believe that he should be used in pass coverage. I guess that is up to our genius d-coordinator to figure that out.

[B]Cartwright
Betts
Rabach
Daniels
ARE[:spank:/B]



I love how everyone wants to get ride of Hall and Smoot ? :nono:Smoot cost nothing and is still somewhat productive and Hall is a constant playmaker ? Umm hello we sucked this year but at least he can catch the freaking ball and make plays, who cares if he's gangsta .. Orkapo forcing pressure and Hall catching 8 picks next year sounds reasonable ... Is this a Vinny board or a Bruce Allen board, get it right people ! :confused:

HTTR