Hawkscanner":bkvb9t2y said:
Now THAT ... is highly encouraging. Teams make plenty of mistakes when it comes to personnel decisions (see the Bills and Marshawn Lynch) ... but obviously he was released for a reason. That's a very good sign though.
Wasn't released. It simply came down to we couldn't pay him 50% more than we were paying Earl. He went UFA route and made cash.
Seattle would have signed him for Lane money. But honestly we couldn't pay 50+ million for our starting secondary. Would have required cutting both Bennett and Avril.
Maxwell is still a good player. Was still decent in Philly. But that contract became a problem even for them after year one. That's the only reason he was moved around from Philly to Miami (and now to us).
Great signing. Hopefully getting Shead back in a month or so adds to the mix too. Developing Griffin and getting Lane back really was fortunate for us.