not a surprise based on his contract and his age.

I wonder if this means we reached an agreement with Smith?

oh man, this is to create cap space to overpay that piece of crap alex smith, I just know it. otherwise, why now?

Alex Smith SUCKS!!!!!!!!! 1 good yr out of 7

and that "good" year was as a caretaker QB who threw fewer passes than any other QB in the league. no upgrade from moore, IMO, and we will probably make him one of the top 5 highest paid QBs in the league.

Do we have a good replacement for Bell on the roster?

Yeremiah Bell lost a step and wasn't worth what we were going to pay him.

Good move.

This is unfortunate, because he was the leader of the defense.

Yeah he did such a great job leading that great secondary with such studs as Sean "Toast" Smith and the rotating cast of scrubs at the other safety position.

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> This is unfortunate, because he was the leader of
> the defense.


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So, is this Ireland's first questionable move in your mind, Mark?

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"When you suck long enough, you get a Hickey"

You've got to be friggin kidding me. I hope there is a grand plan in store for this team.

Atleast we waited until AFTER the Jets signed LaRon Landry.

I am 100% sure the Jets would have signed Yeremiah Bell if he was cut a week ago.

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Aqua&Orange Wrote:
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> dolfanmark Wrote:
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> > This is unfortunate, because he was the leader
> of
> > the defense.
>
>
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> So, is this Ireland's first questionable move in
> your mind, Mark?

I wouldn't say first. I think the way he handled the Soliai situation was fine. I think he did the best he could with trading Marshall. I think Richard Marshall was a solid signing. I am glad he didn't overpay for Flynn. I don't know about the Hicks' signing, or giving $1.9M to Murtha. I think those are both questionable.

But, they needed to free up cap space no matter what. So, you knew cuts were coming. I figured Tony McDaniel was good as gone. Dansby would be the ideal salary to unload, but he counts over $12M against the cap this year and no other team is going to touch him at that price. And it would cost us money to cut him this year, so there is no savings there. I think Richie Incognito is making more than he's worth. So, yeah, I thought McDaniel and Incognito were both more likely to get cut than Bell.

And it's probably not smart to extend Long to save money. His option for 2013 already kicked in, so you have another year to make sure he gets healthy before you extend him.

Bell was the clear leader of that defense. He's led the team in tackles every year since Zach left. He is a liability in coverage now, so I understand it from that point. But, they have no obvious in-house replacement. Reshad Jones has shown nothing, and Clemons is even worse. And I think the leadership will be missed.

That said, if this team is headed for Ryan Tannehill, then it's full rebuilding mode. And they may as well start dumping salary and get the cap in good shape for 2013.

You've got to be sh*ting me......maybe I'm going to drive down for the protest tomorrow....

we needed to make room Dallas will be cutting some players and the Dolphins will sign em just like we always do...

SouthFlPhinFan Wrote:
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> we needed to make room Dallas will be cutting some
> players and the Dolphins will sign em just like we
> always do...

That one I believe....

THE Truth Wrote:
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> not a surprise based on his contract and his age.
>
> I wonder if this means we reached an agreement
> with Smith?

No we reached an agreement with David Gerard... any idea how to handle that truth????

It's all over Twitter......and the PR hits just keep on coming

Son of a nutcracker, I keep dbl posting crap, sorry JC. A merge is in order.

Lets see a Good guy, leading Tackler on the team, Good leader whats he have one year left on his contract? Yea good idea to release him and create another hole on this team... So now we created a need for a WR and now a Safety.. and we have added nothing of value... Oh yea great Master plan...

Maybe the team tried to re-structure his deal and he refused to play for less money...more in line with what his play say's he worth.

We just don't know why Bell was released at this point.

chrisnnavarre Wrote:
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> THE Truth Wrote:
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> > not a surprise based on his contract and his
> age.
> >
> > I wonder if this means we reached an agreement
> > with Smith?
>
> No we reached an agreement with David Gerard...
> any idea how to handle that truth????


Yes I do. But you wouldn't like it....

Guys...Bell is a SS and he's 34 years old and he wasn't going to be here beyond this season.

This is a business. We had $5m in cap space to sign another QB, any other FA's and our draft class.

Someone had to go.

You guys need to get a grip.

But no one can deny... This franchise is at its lowest level in history of this organization.

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Aqua&Orange Wrote:
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> But no one can deny... This franchise is at its
> lowest level in history of this organization.


Not even close.

Yes. Just ask any national pundit.

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There's a very good possibility he'll be resigned at a discounted rate.

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> Yes. Just ask any national pundit.


Ha! Sure, because some guy in Denver or Seattle is really dialed into what type of roster we have. Heck, most of them were listing us as a destination for Tebow...which is beyond absurd.

And most of the probably don't even remember that we were 1-15 only 6 years ago under a clueless Cam Cameron and had just flushed the #9 overall pick on a kick returner and his family.

I know they need to stir the pot to sell papers, get clicks and viewers so they sell whatever misery they can find or contrive.

You, and we as fans, should know better.

Right now you have a team that is a middle of the road team. Its FAR more talented than most of the teams we've had post Wannstedt. The only problem we have is that we still don't have a franchise QB but that doesn't change the FACT that after Chad Pennington, Moore is the best QB we've had post-Marino.

Three weeks ago all those pundits were saying we were the odds on favorite to get Manning. How'd that work out for them? Turns out Manning valued relationships and money over everything else. They had us as a "legit" super bowl contender with Manning. Now without him, we are at the lowest point in our history?

Nonsense.

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> and the rotating cast of scrubs at the other
> safety position.

lol! True.

Good. Move Rashad Jones to his natural position of SS, move Sean Smith to FS and Jimmy Wilson to CB.

Rashad Jones was a great SS in college.