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cuts and waiver wires

hankb1126 : 8/26/2014 9:17 pm

why do people think all of these other teams cannot evaluate there talent if player had any value he would at least make final cuts

and teams would try to hide them on practice squads

or trade them like patriots just did with mankins

Because some teams

robbieballs2003 : 8/26/2014 9:20 pm : link

may let a vet go at this stage of the game to help them land with a team before the competition gets tougher with the next round of cuts out of respect.

And sometimes teams evaluate guys

Bill in UT : 8/26/2014 9:26 pm : link

wrong

and

blue42 : 8/26/2014 9:31 pm : link

there's always money...if you can get the same or close to performance from two guys one make 3mil the other 1.2.....it's easy. Plus the guy making less is usually the younger guy who probably will get better.....

Hank

Samiam : 8/26/2014 9:46 pm : link

If Victor Cruz had any value, wouldn't 't he have been drafted?

James harrison

NJGiantFan84 : 8/26/2014 10:25 pm : link

was cut what, 3 times? It happens. It's rare, but it does happen.

sometimes a player

YAJ2112 : 8/26/2014 10:29 pm : link

may not fit one team's scheme but may fit another. Sometimes a player may not respond to one coaching style but may to another....

it's a numbers game, usually

SHO'NUFF : 8/26/2014 10:37 pm : link

so you're telling me it's never happened that a waiver wire claim never did any good in the NFL?

Corey Washington

ZoneXDOA : 8/26/2014 11:42 pm : link

was cut by the Cards before they even needed to make cuts! Think he won't be any good?

Do you thnk all 32 teams are equally strong at each position?

j_rud : 8/27/2014 12:40 am : link

Some teams are deeper at certain positions. Sometimes it means a serviceable player ends up getting cut. Meanwhile, some teams are thinner at certain positions. See where I'm going with this?

The Giants cut Cameron Wake...

DeVito 32 : 8/27/2014 1:22 am : link

And aren't we the best at finding pass rushing talent? How'd he turn out?

cuts

hankb1126 : 8/27/2014 2:38 am : link

yes you used to see vets getting cut when this week was to 60 not now when it is at 75!!!!!!!!!

Is this an actual question?

Randy in CT : 8/27/2014 6:20 am : link

Because all teams acquire players this way.

you could probably field a championship team

aquidneck : 8/27/2014 7:01 am : link

With guys that have been cut at one point or another.

Not everybody is ready to make a 53 man roster right out of college. Some need a year or two on the PS first.

You do realize that every single player on every single practice squad got there because they were cut, right?

Hixon, Hedgecock.

Big Blue '56 : 8/27/2014 7:09 am : link

Corey Washington for the last time

Carl in CT : 8/27/2014 7:50 am : link

Will not be a factor. He will be depth this year. If he has 20 catches this year (regular season) I'll eat my hat!

...

SamTheTram : 8/27/2014 8:37 am : link

Hixon, Derrick Ward, and Kevin Boothe were 3 cuts from other squads that turned into contributors to superbowl runs. That's just off the top of my head

Sometimes it's a numbers thing...

PeterS : 8/27/2014 10:03 am : link

you can't carry 5 tight ends so someone has to go. Doesn't make him a bad player simply makes him expendable.

Johnny Unitas was a 9th-round pick later cut by his hometown Steelers

Bluenatic : 8/27/2014 11:53 am : link

How'd he turn out?