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Originally Posted by The Franchise
So if he plays like this for the rest of the year….do you leave him at his salary next season? Try and work out a paycut? Still cut him?
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I'd still cut him.
He's not going to take the kind of paycut commensurate with an on again, off again pass-rusher who's nearing his 30s. And there's just too much shit going on with the guy. The gun charges, whatever his gut health shit is, the chronic wrist issues, the suggested back problems.
There are red flags all over the guy. And I still think he's a front-runner.
He's run his course here, IMO. Any kind of paycut will almost certainly require an extension and I'm just not interested in it. And frankly, he shouldn't be either. Why take a paycut outright when you could force your release, test the market and then come back. The only reason you'd do that is if the Chiefs are going to beat the likely market by enough to keep you from testing it. And the Chiefs shouldn't be doing that either.
So cut him. If he tests the market and doesn't like what he finds, talk to him about a return. But I'm over his inconsistency.