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bucsEST96
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 Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:10 pm Post subject: ESPN NFC South blog: Winslow on the hot seat? |
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| Quote: | | But they could instantly free up another $4.8 million in cap space by releasing Winslow. That $4.8 million figure is what Winslow’s cap figure is slated to be in 2012 and the Bucs wouldn’t suffer any cap hit if they got rid of Winslow. That’s because the contract Winslow signed after the Bucs traded for him in 2009 was structured in a unique way. |
http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/31450/kellen-winslow-on-the-hot-seat |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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If we could find a decent replacement I'd be all for cutting him. Otherwise, I think he has to stay.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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they would be stupid to cut him at 3 million salary.
This team has enough needs and Winslow is a hard-working and still a great player.. If anything maybe they add a player like MBennett(DAL) to push Stocker and Winslow
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RoeKG
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Realistically we shouldn't cut him because it would be a pain to replace him, but I wouldn't be overly upset if we did it.
It's not like we need the cap space. Same deal with Talib, I hope we keep him because we don't need another hole.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Winslow's blocking is not very good, if Coach Schiano wants a power running team, then Winslow at the very least will have a different role. He definitely won't be the every down TE that Olson had in his offense. |
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REDandPEWTER
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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I hope this happens. People aren't giving Stocker a chance. He wasn't great last year, but wasn't horrible. He suffered through injuries during his rookie season and didn't have an NFL off-season to get in NFL shape, in my opinion, as with all the rookies.
I think Stocker is going to be a solid and well rounded TE in this league. Good blocker and solid pass catcher.
Winslow is a headache and it seems that Schiano is willing to get rid of the locker room headaches. Who cares if it has nothing to do with salary. The man is thinking chemistry and lack of distractions. Getting rid of Haynesworth was move #1. Winslow and Talib could be next. And I';m thrilled about it. |
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RB4TampaBay
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| REDandPEWTER wrote: | I hope this happens. People aren't giving Stocker a chance. He wasn't great last year, but wasn't horrible. He suffered through injuries during his rookie season and didn't have an NFL off-season to get in NFL shape, in my opinion, as with all the rookies.
I think Stocker is going to be a solid and well rounded TE in this league. Good blocker and solid pass catcher.
Winslow is a headache and it seems that Schiano is willing to get rid of the locker room headaches. Who cares if it has nothing to do with salary. The man is thinking chemistry and lack of distractions. Getting rid of Haynesworth was move #1. Winslow and Talib could be next. And I';m thrilled about it. |
I agree, I think that his value has greatly decreased. I'm not sue that the new coach will allow him to regularly miss practice due to his bad knees, this is the NFL, not a retirement community. In addition, I think that Collin Franklin from the practice squad has earned a chance to show what he can do (you know, things like being able to block). |
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dbtb135
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| I was just thinking the other day "You know what this team needs, another position where we're one-deep with no confidence at all." And BAM! This comes up. |
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tml_gogo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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He hasn't been effective in quite a while, and seems to be a headache. That being said, Stocker may have 'potential', but so did Alex Smith. I have seen nothing from Stocker yet, so might as well keep Winslow unless he becomes a real problem. If so, cut him then.
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REDandPEWTER
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| tml_gogo wrote: | | He hasn't been effective in quite a while, and seems to be a headache. That being said, Stocker may have 'potential', but so did Alex Smith. I have seen nothing from Stocker yet, so might as well keep Winslow unless he becomes a real problem. If so, cut him then. |
We have an overpaid, overrated, and locker room headache at TE. We don't need a premeire player at the position. It's not like Winslow is a top TE. He thinks he's a "Soldier" , which is why we need to rid ourselves from him.
yeah i went there with the soldier comment. |
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tml_gogo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| REDandPEWTER wrote: | | tml_gogo wrote: | | He hasn't been effective in quite a while, and seems to be a headache. That being said, Stocker may have 'potential', but so did Alex Smith. I have seen nothing from Stocker yet, so might as well keep Winslow unless he becomes a real problem. If so, cut him then. |
We have an overpaid, overrated, and locker room headache at TE. We don't need a premeire player at the position. It's not like Winslow is a top TE. He thinks he's a "Soldier" , which is why we need to rid ourselves from him.
yeah i went there with the soldier comment. |
Dude I'm not advocating keeping him forever and all that. I already said he seems to be a headache, but overpaid? He's not making too much, and we have zero guys behind him that have shown they can play. Great, Stocker has potential, he looked pretty average when he played last year. Let's at least see what he can do with a full training camp and offseason while we work him into the offense along with Winslow?
Of course, as I said in my original post, if Winslow becomes a real problem in the upcoming months, then cut him!
EDIT: Also, why do you say we don't need a premier player at the position? Freeman actually looks for his tight ends quite often. I know Schiano wants to run a vertical offense, but who cares every single new coach says that. He says he wants to run an explosive, vertical offense that can pound the ball with the run game and beat you with big plays. Uhhhhh I'm pretty sure that's just coach code for WE'RE GONNA BE AWESOME AT EVERYTHING!! I don't think tight end can be overlooked, not as long as Freeman is our quarterback.
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dbtb135
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| tml_gogo wrote: | | REDandPEWTER wrote: | | tml_gogo wrote: | | He hasn't been effective in quite a while, and seems to be a headache. That being said, Stocker may have 'potential', but so did Alex Smith. I have seen nothing from Stocker yet, so might as well keep Winslow unless he becomes a real problem. If so, cut him then. |
We have an overpaid, overrated, and locker room headache at TE. We don't need a premeire player at the position. It's not like Winslow is a top TE. He thinks he's a "Soldier" , which is why we need to rid ourselves from him.
yeah i went there with the soldier comment. |
Dude I'm not advocating keeping him forever and all that. I already said he seems to be a headache, but overpaid? He's not making too much, and we have zero guys behind him that have shown they can play. Great, Stocker has potential, he looked pretty average when he played last year. Let's at least see what he can do with a full training camp and offseason while we work him into the offense along with Winslow?
Of course, as I said in my original post, if Winslow becomes a real problem in the upcoming months, then cut him! |
You can make a case to cut him, as well as Black and Trueblood and Faine and half our DBs. We'll have like 10 players left on the roster. He was still 7th in receptions and 13th in yards for TEs. That's WAY less frustrating than retaining Michael Clayton with a worse attitude and no production, getting RE-SIGNED.  |
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tml_gogo
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| dbtb135 wrote: |
You can make a case to cut him, as well as Black and Trueblood and Faine and half our DBs. We'll have like 10 players left on the roster. He was still 7th in receptions and 13th in yards for TEs. That's WAY less frustrating than retaining Michael Clayton with a worse attitude and no production, getting RE-SIGNED. |
Exactly. Winslow may not be the real threat he once was, but he's the best tight end we have and not so bad. I think the Clayton thing was just a pride thing with the front office, but man was he bad. Scary bad.
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deuces22wild
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Can't justify cutting Winslow at that salary. If we draft a top tier te in the draft then maybe, we need a weapon at that position. I don't want the keys handed to Stocker though. No way with Winlows practice schedule does he stick around long if he doesn't change his attitude.
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It would seem pretty crazy if we got a number of top tear FAs due to guaranteed money needed to sign them but...
If we signed Finley to say $7 million per year and then cut Winslow it would only add another $2.2 million to our cap. It would be like we sign Finley for $2.2 million. If we did do something like this then we would have to take $4.8 million off the money the TE gets this year and thats what it would count for against our cap cuz Winslow wouldnt be staying around. Thats a pretty good deal if you ask me.
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