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Originally Posted by SBXVII

McMullen, Ohalete? wasn't one of them injured each yr during preseason and had to sit out the whole season twice? When that happened I was done with them. Kinda how I feel about Kelly. He really needs to step up this yr and be a part of this team.

As far a Mitchell goes.... I was psyched about how he showed up at camp a couple weeks ago. He looked like he bulked up and had decent muscle. I understand the reasoning behind cutting Mitchell and especially since he was a late rounder or walk on. Easy come easy go. But atleast he was healthy and had size for the Red Zone. I think I would have kept him over Kelly. I know it's not the popular choice to go cutting 2nd round draft picks but he produced as much as Mitchell has. I'd have coached up Mitchell and had a healthy Red Zone threat vs. wondering if Kelly will be healthy enough or even produce.

Thats the way i feel. I would have liked to see both of them dukeing it out knowing that only one is going to make the team this year, tie goes to Kelly because of the “investment” in him. At a minimum I feel like we should of at least kept him around as insurance in case Kelly’s knee flared up during preseason.

Marko had a better rookie campaign then Kelly did, and i would bet that his sophomore season would have been better too. Depending on what happens to Kelly’s knee over the next couple seasons will prove if cutting Marko was a good decision or not. Plus I don’t see Kelly ever contributing to teams at all, where at least Marko can step in if need be, and he did a decent job during the second half of last year on coverage (albeit he’s no Anthony Mix).