...someone please remind me why he was a September 4th cut?
Was it because he was banged up the year before?
Under-performed in training camp and pre-season?
Didn't fit James Bettcher's defensive scheme?
Some other reason?.
An old friend of mine from college is a big Detroit Lions fan and asked why we got rid of him, and that he was pretty good for Detroit on the edge with nearly 40 tackles and 7 sacks.
Any thoughts much appreciate. Thanks in advance!
Personally, I would've kept him over Wynn, but Wynn is stronger at the POA and against the run.
He's listed (pro-football-reference) as being 10 lbs heavier and 1" shorter than Wynn. Certainly looked smaller than Wynn from what I remember though.
Let go.
You start to wonder if maybe there's something else behind the scenes than just the players they swapped out.
You start to wonder if maybe there's something else behind the scenes than just the players they swapped out.
Out of these 3, IMO the only one that was moved because of "behind the scenes" stuff is JPP and one could argue his replacement (Hill) was just as good overall. I'm certainly taking Hill over the next 3 seasons and I was a big JPP fan.
Kennard got a big contract for someone that couldn't stay on the field and I'm glad (even in hindsight off his career season) that the Giants didn't match it.
Seeing as Okwara was brought to camp and was one of the final cuts, I don't think his release had anything to do with locker room stuff. I think they merely felt (perhaps incorrectly) that the other guys were better options.
Gettleman perhaps letting his ego get the better of him..
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but it's worrisome when players are released because of behind the scenes/off the field behavior, and they go on to be productive elsewhere while the replacements don't do any better.
You start to wonder if maybe there's something else behind the scenes than just the players they swapped out.
Out of these 3, IMO the only one
Kennard got a big contract for someone that couldn't stay on the field and I'm glad (even in hindsight off his career season) that the Giants didn't match it.
If the Giants were going to sign Kareem Martin they might as well of kept Kennard who is a better player
Let go.
Lions run a very hybrid 3-4 too. The DL is A'Shawn Robinson, Snacks and former Redskin Ricky Jean Francois. Kennard and Okwars are the edge guys.
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I know Joey doesn't agree regarding fit, but the decisions to let go of Okwara, JPP, and Kennard had a lot to do with projected lack of fit in the 3-4 and more behind the scenes.
Let go.
Lions run a very hybrid 3-4 too. The DL is A'Shawn Robinson, Snacks and former Redskin Ricky Jean Francois. Kennard and Okwars are the edge guys.
They're entire DL was on IR in Ansah, Robinson, and Hand. Okwara was starting at one DE spot not as an ER.
I have no idea what happened in DET but it's hard to get upset letting him go.
That said - he's better than the corpse of Connor Barwin but I think again DG wanted to bring in some positive veteran influences in lieu of a bit more production from young immature guys.
And overall team - the Lions were a joke again and left the fans disappointed.
and just improve OL on Offense
it was a bit schizophrenia. and resulted in a surging Offense in the second half of season and a worsening defense ..
If you were listening to Carl Banks' calls for about the first four games, there wasn't much sign Martin knew positional fundamentals - at least the ones Banks was expecting to see. Not sure what that says about Martin or Bettcher's system. Banks isn't always right, but it was kind of funny, because you could hear it starting to piss him off.