Replace underperformers?

[skinster]

I was looking at our cap, and I feel we have a few highly paid players on our team that could easily be replaced by younger talent. Chris Cooley and Deangelo Hall come to mind. We would save 6.2 mil by cutting Hall and 2.0 mil by cutting Cooley. There seem to be a bunch of number two quality corners out there on the market. Neither Terrell Thomas nor Tracy Porter should command a large contract, and both of them seem like they are the odd men out on their respective teams. (Brandon Carr, Brent Grimes, and Cortland Finnegan are all looking to get paiddddddd, so I'd like to steer clear of those guys). I say we cut Hall and Cooley and sign both these guys. I feel like depth at CB is very important in todays NFL, and both these guys can play.

Side note: Do you guys think we could trade Hall or Cooley for anything? I personally doubt it.

Second side note: I'd also like to cut atogwe (yea he's good but he's old, and gets hurt alot) which would save 3.6 mil and sign Reggie Nelson. Yes I am fully aware there is a zero percent chance this will happen.

Third side note: We all love fletcher, but we have to replace him sometime, and I believe an opportunity like Stephen Tulloch, whose beastly play and 5'11 240 frame reminds me of fletcher, does not come around every year. The dude had 3 sacks, 2 picks and 111 tackles last year playing at MLB. The year before he had 160 tackles!

Fourth side note: I don't really see a way we can keep Landry. I love him, but he's always hurt. I think He's gonna pull a Los and do a one year contract somewhere else.

Fifth side note: I think we gotta re-sign Carriker. Depth at D-line is vastly underrated IMO.

Wow this turned out to be more of a blog than my original thread idea.