“We don’t particularly care to be lied to our face,” Herman said. “They took him out of the free agent market now for two days. That puts us now at a disadvantage because other teams have paid other defensive linemen contracts, and [Ioannidis] hasn’t been able to take advantage of that. That’s not the way you conduct business in the National Football League.”
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...t-cutting-him/
full quote from his agent.
I do like teams to release respected veterans ASAP so they can begin to secure their next contract and released vets get an early jump on the other FAs ... but vets are cut all the time throughout the offseason