Chase Minnifield Waived

[RGIII]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Please no one claim him...

Jake Ballard comes to mind.

Redskins secondary still hanging by a thread or two.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by RGIII

Jake Ballard comes to mind.

Redskins secondary still hanging by a thread or two.

Precisely what I was thinking.

[CultBrennan59]

Damn. Hopefully (crossing my fingers) he gets re-signed and put on IR. If the patriots pick him up I will officially hate them the most of any team in the NFL.

[REDSKINS4ever]

Maybe Trent or the other young corners are looking better. Sometimes cutting a player is always for the best. It was an injury that caused Minnefield to go undrafted in the first place. If this is injury related then the coaches have to be fair to the other players that are competing for a spot on the roster.

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by RGIII

Jake Ballard comes to mind.

Redskins secondary still hanging by a thread or two.

Something i dont get with Ballard, or Minnifield if the same thing happens, is doesnt the claiming team have to carry the player against a roster spot? I get that its no big deal right now because 90 players are allowed but at some point doesnt the player cost against the 53 man roster or dosnt the claiming team have to waive the player, exposing the player to be claimed, before adding him to their own IR?

Is the whole purpose of waiving a player before adding him to IR just to restructure his contract first? Could Chase have been added to IR without being exposed to waivers?

[scowan]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Something i dont get with Ballard, or Minnifield if the same thing happens, is doesnt the claiming team have to carry the player against a roster spot? I get that its no big deal right now because 90 players are allowed but at some point doesnt the player cost against the 53 man roster or dosnt the claiming team have to waive the player, exposing the player to be claimed, before adding him to their own IR?

Is the whole purpose of waiving a player before adding him to IR just to restructure his contract first? Could Chase have been added to IR without being exposed to waivers?

Smootsmack, speak up on this because I am sure you know the answer, but by resigning Minnifield just to put him on the IR means that the Skins will pay him something for the right to be first in line next year to have him on thier team?