[sportscurmudgeon]

GManc711:

I do not want to cut Coles. But if I am out to blow up the team - as I was asked to provide provide details on - and I am looking to see what players are producing at a level commensurate with their salary cap numbers now and into the future, then indeed Coles is a player I'd scrutinize.

Go check the stats to get exact numbers but I think this is correct. Coles has been a Redskin for 26 games; he has 7 TDs. That is not the on-field performance I expect or demand from a guy who get a $13M signing bonus and who will start to eat up cap space as his contract matures. Crazy Canuck can give you the figures for Coles in the out-years but I am confident that it is not a tiny number.

I believe that the reason for the less than spectacular performance is that he has an injured foot. Fine. Now, the question is what is the prognosis for that injury getting better. Surgery? Treatments? What? Because if I am correct that the reason for his less than fully productive performance is the injury, then I want him cured before I pay the rest of the contract. So, that becomes part of the decision process.

The Skins signed Coles with two good feet. And with two good feet, he is probably worth what he is getting paid. But on one foot...???

So, I don't want to cut him but I do want to try to figure out if the guy I hired to play WR with two good feet is the guy that will be showing up for work the next several years - - or not.