Originally Posted by Hoover:
I think the only reason LDT is on the roster is because his contract is such that it makes no sense to cut him, otherwise I think he would be gone. Now, he has a better opportunity to earn his starting job back, but its not going to be handed to him.
He's on the roster and not cut because we don't have a better option at that position. It's a business. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
Like it or not, when a player chooses to opt-out of a season like Williams did last year, it has an impact on his standing on the team. Chiefs will never say that because its not politically correct, but it matters. I think the only reason LDT is on the roster is because his contract is such that it makes no sense to cut him, otherwise I think he would be gone. Now, he has a better opportunity to earn his starting job back, but its not going to be handed to him.
The Chiefs moved away from Damien when they drafter CEH. He would have been the starter last year had he played. I have no doubt in my mind about that.
Damien Williams in the Super Bowl:
Darrel Williams in the Super Bowl:
Give me the guy that opted out of the COVID year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
Like it or not, when a player chooses to opt-out of a season like Williams did last year, it has an impact on his standing on the team. Chiefs will never say that because its not politically correct, but it matters. I think the only reason LDT is on the roster is because his contract is such that it makes no sense to cut him, otherwise I think he would be gone. Now, he has a better opportunity to earn his starting job back, but its not going to be handed to him.
The Chiefs moved away from Damien when they drafter CEH. He would have been the starter last year had he played. I have no doubt in my mind about that.
Originally Posted by HemiEd:
I was sure it was the fumble, interesting that you say it wasn't. Can you share why?
I don't really know specifics beyond what I heard, which was that it wasn't related to Shady's performance (or lack thereof) on the field. It was something that happened outside the lines. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
Like it or not, when a player chooses to opt-out of a season like Williams did last year, it has an impact on his standing on the team. Chiefs will never say that because its not politically correct, but it matters. I think the only reason LDT is on the roster is because his contract is such that it makes no sense to cut him, otherwise I think he would be gone. Now, he has a better opportunity to earn his starting job back, but its not going to be handed to him.
The Chiefs moved away from Damien when they drafter CEH. He would have been the starter last year had he played. I have no doubt in my mind about that.
Originally Posted by Hoover:
Like it or not, when a player chooses to opt-out of a season like Williams did last year, it has an impact on his standing on the team. Chiefs will never say that because its not politically correct, but it matters. I think the only reason LDT is on the roster is because his contract is such that it makes no sense to cut him, otherwise I think he would be gone. Now, he has a better opportunity to earn his starting job back, but its not going to be handed to him.
The Chiefs moved away from Damien when they drafter CEH. He would have been the starter last year had he played. I have no doubt in my mind about that.
What percentage of NFL players who opted out last year are not returning with their old teams? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lzen:
Damien was a beast in that SB. I think they let him go because they didn't want to pay an older RB a big contract.
His cap hit this year was only going to be $2.7 million, and they only created around $2.1 million in space by releasing him.
Darrel Williams' contract is worth a max of around $2.1 million, so they basically made the choice to keep Darrel instead of Damien. Whatever their reasoning was, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. They know what they're doing.
That said, I will definitely miss Damien. I can still hear Joe Buck word for word in my head: "Williams, makes the cut... and will ROOOOLLL INTO THE ENDZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. NO FLAGS!"