Springs Released

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Why? SS was the better of the two, Hall is as good or better than Torrence, and had Torrence been kept Haynesworth may not have been an option.

I'm baffled by the logic in this response. Springs wasn't cut to make room on the roster for Haynesworth so I don't know why keeping Torrence would have any impact on optaining Haynesworth whatsoever. And Hall's being better than Torrence has nothing to do with the comparison between Springs and Torrence, so that's an irrelevant point.

When the Skins signed Hall, they needed to make room so they cut Torrence. They should have instead cut Springs since they were going to cut him anyway. Had they done that they'd currently have a great role player and locker room guy who came at a cheap price and could play a decent back-up corner with a lot of upside. Coaches always talked about how smart a player he was, and he was showing constant improvement.. That's the kind of player that good teams seem to keep and devleop into something special. Instead, the Skins cut him and disregarded what looked to be a promising future just so Shawn Springs could play five more games with the Redskins.

Clearly, in retrospect, it was a poor, shortsighted move.