Canty "does not appear to be in Washington's plans now"

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Man, do they love him that much that they are willing to risk not addressing the offensive line?

Well there you have it, he's being released. They definitely recognize the need to get younger on the lines (especially headed into an uncapped world) is more valuable than having Springs around for just a season more or two.

I like the move, I'm just surprised they were able to part with a player the coaches loved so much. Good job by the front office in making a business decision.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Well there you have it, he's being released. They definitely recognize the need to get younger on the lines (especially headed into an uncapped world) is more valuable than having Springs around for just a season more or two.

I like the move, I'm just surprised they were able to part with a player the coaches loved so much. Good job by the front office in making a business decision.

I think we could have (and wanted to) keep Springs around if he would have restructrured like everyone else over 30 on our roster. He refused to take any kind of pay cut. I seriously doubt he finds $6M per year anywhere else.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I think we could have (and wanted to) keep Springs around if he would have restructrured like everyone else over 30 on our roster. He refused to take any kind of pay cut. I seriously doubt he finds $6M per year anywhere else.

There's a difference between a restructure and a pay cut. Redskins had wanted Springs to take a straight cut.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

There's a difference between a restructure and a pay cut. Redskins had wanted Springs to take a straight cut.

I understand that. I guess I'm just kind of confused. We've restructured older, oft-injured players (Griffin most recently) in the past to help lessen our immediate salary cap issues. I guess I just don't understand why we never went that route with Springs. Is he not more valuable to the defense when healthy than Griffin?

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I understand that. I guess I'm just kind of confused. We've restructured older, oft-injured players (Griffin most recently) in the past to help lessen our immediate salary cap issues. I guess I just don't understand why we never went that route with Springs. Is he not more valuable to the defense when healthy than Griffin?

I'd say if we didn't resign Hall he would be more valuable but right now he's kind of a redundant player. Hall brings the same skill set, size and better playmaking ability but he's 9 years younger. If we didn't have Horton I could see us restructuring and extending Springs as our starting safety but we don't really have a fit for him.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

I'd say if we didn't resign Hall he would be more valuable but right now he's kind of a redundant player. Hall brings the same skill set, size and better playmaking ability but he's 9 years younger. If we didn't have Horton I could see us restructuring and extending Springs as our starting safety but we don't really have a fit for him.

I hear what you're saying. I wasn't suggesting we should have kept Springs for 2009, I was just kind of wondering why we never took the restructure route with him considering the past two season his cap # has been an issue.