Potential Offseason Cuts and Cap Savings

[irish]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

I never cease to be amazed by the things people write on this site. Right, we are going to cut Portis to save money. He's one of the elite backs in the league and main leaders of our team.

You must have cut and pasted this from one of the LaVar threads from 2 years ago. I read all the same stuff about LaVar 2 or 3 years ago and now nobody on this site has a good thing to say about LA. It was amazing how on this site LA went from the best LB in the league and bedrock of the team to overpaid, oft injured bum.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

You must have cut and pasted this from one of the LaVar threads from 2 years ago. I read all the same stuff about LaVar 2 or 3 years ago and now nobody on this site has a good thing to say about LA. It was amazing how on this site LA went from the best LB in the league and bedrock of the team to overpaid, oft injured bum.

I know it's amazing that people's opinions changed as the circumstances changed.

Some people soured on him due to his injuries and bitching in the media. Overall though he's still a fan favorite. You're really generalizing by saying that nobody has a good thing to say about him now. I think you would find plenty of people that have good things to say about him and there is a small number of people that would have nothing good to say.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I know it's amazing that people's opinions changed as the circumstances changed.

Some people soured on him due to his injuries and bitching in the media. Overall though he's still a fan favorite. You're really generalizing by saying that nobody has a good thing to say about him now. I think you would find plenty of people that have good things to say about him and there is a small number of people that would have nothing good to say.

They soured pretty fast on the best LB in the NFL and the face of the team. I dont think LA is a fan fav at all (of skins fans) and I think you'd be pretty hard pressed to find a skins fan that has good thing to say about him.

I guess what my real point is is that everybody on this site said LA was untouchable and any discussion of trading/releasing him was a non-starter because he's a skin for life. In less than 1 year he was gone. The same could happen to CP. In today's NFL never say never.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

They soured pretty fast on the best LB in the NFL and the face of the team. I dont think LA is a fan fav at all (of skins fans) and I think you'd be pretty hard pressed to find a skins fan that has good thing to say about him.

I guess what my real point is is that everybody on this site said LA was untouchable and any discussion of trading/releasing him was a non-starter because he's a skin for life. In less than 1 year he was gone. The same could happen to CP. In today's NFL never say never.

Overall I think your typical Skins fan wishes LaVar the best of luck in NY and are disappointed that things didn't work out for him here. If we took a poll I'd almost guarantee you that the majority of people feel that way.

As far as people turning on him, of course that could happen to anyone, Portis included. If he started bitching in the media fans would sour on him quickly. I'm not sure why that would be so surprising. That's life in the NFL and in sports in general.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Overall I think your typical Skins fan wishes LaVar the best of luck in NY and are disappointed that things didn't work out for him here. If we took a poll I'd almost guarantee you that the majority of people feel that way.

As far as people turning on him, of course that could happen to anyone, Portis included. If he started bitching in the media fans would sour on him quickly. I'm not sure why that would be so surprising. That's life in the NFL and in sports in general.

I agree that fans can turn at any time, CP included but to say that LA, CP, or any other player is untradeable, unreleasable, etc. especially on a 3-6 team is just unrealistic.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by irish

I agree that fans can turn at any time, CP included but to say that LA, CP, or any other player is untradeable, unreleasable, etc. especially on a 3-6 team is just unrealistic.

I agree that in the grand scheme of things nobody is untouchable but under the current circumstances letting Portis go appears to be very unlikely.