Cut Chris Samuels

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I never said we should keep him at $9 million. I think that we need to re-sign him since:

1. Left tackles don't grow on trees
2. Offensive linemen, already key players, are even more important in Gibbs' offense.
3. Samuels is at least a top 10 tackle.
4. We don't have an adequate backup for Samuels.
5. Samuels will be key in protecting Ramsey
6. There are no "great" offensive linemen in the draft that I'd trust to anchor the left side of the line.
7. There are no good tackles on the free agent market.

Re-signing him to a deal comparable to Ryan Diem's would be fair, what the market dictates, probably acceptable to Samuels, and would alleviate a ton of our cap problems while retaining a key player.