Lemar Marshall released for Randall Godfrey??

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by firstdown

They have two young players that they feel have done a better job so he got cut. They brought in a Vet to help them and he will be gone next year. For the ones who say we should have just kept him around for another year then cut him Why?

Depth, Leadership and Skill
We won three super bowls with veteran backups like Monte Coleman, Kurt Guovea, Mel Kaufmann. When an injury happened, or even if it is just to spell someone for a play or two, there was no drop off in play.
It is NOT a fact that Khary Campbell, ANthony Trucks or Dalls Sartz are currently better than Lemar Marshall. It has not been proven on NFL game field that they are better. Practice or preseason is not the same as a regular game. Not the same intensity.
Last year we took a chance on two rookie DT's Montgomery and Golsten. When Griffen and Salavea were injured the middle of our defense collapsed because the rookies DT's were not ready. Now the same scenario is in place for the LB's, they may not all be rookies, but there is no back up LB in his prime and with game experience. Godfrey is too injury prone because he is old.