I have said that it's a bigger loss than people are trying to sell.

Im in this camp as well. Some of us did say that he played hurt all year and expect him to be in 2012 form. However, he will probably get banged up again this season. IMO, the Chiefs cut him a year too soon but I understand the economics of the situation. Its also better to drop a player a year early than a year late.

True. Made even worse once Flowers went down...

Years ago, I would have been right there with you.

I did, in fact, argue that pass rushers, and the front 7 in general, was far more valuable than the secondary.

However, as the league has evolved into a passing league, what it has also evolved into is a yac lead.

2700 of Peyton Manning's 5500 passing yards came on yac.
Only 3 teams gained fewer than 1500 yards of yac.

That means that teams are getting the ball out quicker.

If your secondary doesn't makes stops after the catch, then you can kiss any chance of getting to the QB goodbye.

Seattle's defensive domination of the Donkeys illustrated that.

Seattle's pass rush came into play only after the Seahawks secondary shut down yac and forced Manning to start looking for bigger plays through the air, thus holding the ball for that second longer.

I thought we were saving 7 of his 9 mil.

Are we really that worried about spreading 2 mil over 2 years?...

Rep.

I haven't looked at the particulars, just pointing out why teams generally wait until June.

Why do you think there's a double standard? I'm confused? Do you think people hate Flowers or something?

One player played well for a good chunk of the year last year and one only played well for 1 game. Flowers has been dealing with lingering injuries for 2 years now and isin a ddefense that's asking him to be more physical than he usually is and do things that even he didn't/doesn't want to do.
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Are you serious?

BTW, FYP for clarity' sake.

When I first heard the news I wondered the same thing....However, King pointed out that it was the only way to save the $7MIL THIS season. I didnt do the research but that appears to be the deal.

He isn't being asked to be more physical? He has to play press more. He has to tackle more seeing as he'll be left alone by himself more often. He had 20 more tackles last year than he had any other year of his career. I don't think that's a fluke.
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If Gaines is a stud it won't matter. Time to find out if Dorsey is as good as advertised.

Chris Owens is a player of similar size and stature.
He's a good nickle corner who'll also contribute on special teams.
Owens is also slated to make less than a million dollars in 2014.

Trading Flowers was great in theory, but no one wanted that contract.
It's unfortunate, but there's not much else the front office could do.
Flowers isn't a press-man corner anyway. /theend

He is put in a position that he hasn't been in prior to last year, but he's been one of the most phyical corners in the league during his career.

:clap: This is exactly the case now. Both aspects are important, however their weighted importance has shifted with the evolution of the short passing game and supporting rule modifications.