No team was going to pony off a pick when they knew that we couldn't affored to keep him and that it was only a matter of time before he was cut. This isn't Madden '06!
:rofl: Gotta love that man! Getting a 1st for a 35 year old player! I wonder why we couldn't get a 3rd for him in real life! Man!
Actually, we COULD afford to keep him, but everybody and his brother knew we were going to cut him because we were moving in a new direction. Similar to the Sam Cowart situation last year - except, this time around, nobody wanted to give a pick and would rather test their luck once he was a free agent. The best we could have received was a LATE 7th round pick, and that would be stretching.
I think the main reason the FO cut him was because he wouldn't work with them on restructuring his contract. They couldn't let him do that and stay with the team. Bad precedent. If he'd worked with them he'd still be on the team.
According to him, he was never approached about restructuring. But he had no reason to take a paycut or restructure anyway - if they cut him, he can make just as much as he was making on us with another team.
There isn't a team in NFL that would have given up more than a 7th, especially when everyone in the league knew he was gonna be cut. NO - ONE gives up first day picks for washed up lineman Ellis
a third round pick for a 35 year old center would never happen...we'd be talkin a 5th-6th round pick at best.
What planet did you come from? A 3rd for KM at this point is like saying trading CP for 4 #1s. Get realistic here.
I am pretty sure the Jets looked into a trade...it just never worked out. A 3rd rounder is a stupid trade offer.
Mawae being cut had nothing to do with money. He had a base salary of 2.8 millon and a cap salary of 4.4 millon. Cutting him only saved 1.6 millon. We did not need to cut him for the money. Why we cut him is anyones guess. Was he a threat to the new head coaches. Did Mangini remember how the players revolted against Groh and he still holds a grudge. Did Mangini have problems with Mawae when he was in NY previously. Did they feel he was to vocal expressing his feelings and just wanted to shut him up. Were they to insecure about their own position and felt that they would have a harder time getting respect from the players with team leaders from former regimes still here? Did they want to put some fear into the rest of the team and show them that no one is safe. Who knows why but it wasn't the money. Probably a combination of many of these reasons and a few we have noth thought of. Yes we could have traded him. Not for a third but for something. Last year it was common knowledge we were going to cut Cowart. But we smartly held onto to him until we could find someone who would give us a draft pick. At the very least we could have hung onto Mawae for an additional month or two and tried to get a 6th or 7th round pick for him at no cost to us. Whats dissapointing isn't that he was cut but that new regime didn't try to address their problems with Mawae or have the guts to hold onto him long enough to seek a trade. If he was cut because they didn't like his mouth they should not have rewarded him by cutting him. If Bradway did this we would have 20 threads right now calling him incompetent.
It had everything to do with money, the guy was asked to restructure his contract and balked at the idea. The Jets don't want egg on their faces after the fact so he was axed.
He had a 2.8 millon salary and we saved 1.6 millon in cap savings. We didn't need the cap saving and 2.8 millon is not an unreasonable amount to pay a starting player. It appears very cheap. Mawae has said this had nothing to do with money and I believe him. Any money saved was nominal. It is much more likely he was let go for the reasons I suggested in my previous post. But regardless what the reason for his release why not hold onto him for an additional month or two and try to get some value for him in the form of a 6th or 7th rd pick. If you can't trade him release him in May at no additional cost. It appears the FO really dropped the ball here.
