Curtis Lofton Released

FinSaint · 03-09-2015, 03:35 PM

Kind of on the fence with this one. I think he played his heart out for the black & gold, which is more than I can say for some other players still on the roster. But he wasn't worth his price-tag, so moving forward this was a good move. I think more than anything, Lofton was let down by the FO and the coaches by not giving him a supporting cast with whom to succeed with.

Mr.Riaton · 03-09-2015, 03:37 PM

I wish we would sign a LB,OL,or CB already....I'm getting antsy!

triman · 03-09-2015, 03:38 PM

I'm not going to get upset . Not the guy I saw us cutting. We'll have to see how it shakes out. LB is now the weakest position group on the team even more so. Who going to fill that hole ???????

MarchingOn · 03-09-2015, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by triman

I'm not going to get upset . Not the guy I saw us cutting. We'll have to see how it shakes out. LB is now the weakest position group on the team even more so. Who going to fill that hole ???????

Yes, but the real question is "will the ILB we start actually fill the hole, i.e., tackle the RB in it."

CheramieIII · 03-09-2015, 03:42 PM

some decent talent left and ILB in FA that won't break the bank. We sign Langford to a one year. Get a replacement for Lofton in FA and defense defense defense in the draft

hagan714 · 03-09-2015, 03:48 PM

ok i am getting all fired up for a new season of roast the Rob

RaginCajun83 · 03-09-2015, 03:48 PM

I like this move, big picture: the money can be used to find a 3 down LB in free agency and a corner.

Question: what happens to the 5 million in dead money? WWL reported it saves the team 9.5 million towards the cap? Is that correct?

lee909 · 03-09-2015, 03:50 PM

Any dead money will count against the cap,i guess the team will pay up any guaranteed money to Lofton.

If he was posted as a post june 1st cut it saves over 7ml against the cap

Boutte · 03-09-2015, 03:59 PM

Who needs LBs anyway? We'll just play 6 safeties.

Mr.Riaton · 03-09-2015, 04:26 PM

I read the Bears might be interested in Foster. The biggest obstacle for us is convincing him to play for Ryan instead of Fangio...and the fact that we passed on him in the draft for Tez doesn't help us either,but who knows?

03-09-2015, 03:35 PM	#1
FinSaint Site Donor 2015 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Finland... formerly Southern Virginia Posts: 4,963	Re: Curtis Lofton Released Kind of on the fence with this one. I think he played his heart out for the black & gold, which is more than I can say for some other players still on the roster. But he wasn't worth his price-tag, so moving forward this was a good move. I think more than anything, Lofton was let down by the FO and the coaches by not giving him a supporting cast with whom to succeed with. iceshack149, jnormand, hagan714 and 3 others like this.

03-09-2015, 03:37 PM	#2
Mr.Riaton 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Broussard,La. Posts: 1,308	Re: Curtis Lofton Released I wish we would sign a LB,OL,or CB already....I'm getting antsy!

03-09-2015, 03:38 PM	#3
triman 500th Post Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 783	Re: Curtis Lofton Released I'm not going to get upset . Not the guy I saw us cutting. We'll have to see how it shakes out. LB is now the weakest position group on the team even more so. Who going to fill that hole ???????
triman 500th Post Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 783

03-09-2015, 04:49 PM	#4
MarchingOn 100th Post Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 387 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Curtis Lofton Released Originally Posted by triman I'm not going to get upset . Not the guy I saw us cutting. We'll have to see how it shakes out. LB is now the weakest position group on the team even more so. Who going to fill that hole ??????? Yes, but the real question is "will the ILB we start actually fill the hole, i.e., tackle the RB in it."

03-09-2015, 03:42 PM	#5
CheramieIII Fan Since 1967 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Nomad Posts: 7,496 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Curtis Lofton Released some decent talent left and ILB in FA that won't break the bank. We sign Langford to a one year. Get a replacement for Lofton in FA and defense defense defense in the draft

03-09-2015, 03:48 PM	#6
hagan714 LB Mentallity Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 15,870 Blog Entries: 68	Re: Curtis Lofton Released ok i am getting all fired up for a new season of roast the Rob spkb25 likes this.

03-09-2015, 03:48 PM	#7
RaginCajun83 Hou Saints Fan Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 5,050	Re: Curtis Lofton Released I like this move, big picture: the money can be used to find a 3 down LB in free agency and a corner. Question: what happens to the 5 million in dead money? WWL reported it saves the team 9.5 million towards the cap? Is that correct?

03-09-2015, 03:50 PM	#8
lee909 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Watford England Posts: 8,875 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Curtis Lofton Released Any dead money will count against the cap,i guess the team will pay up any guaranteed money to Lofton. If he was posted as a post june 1st cut it saves over 7ml against the cap spkb25 and RaginCajun83 like this.

03-09-2015, 03:59 PM	#9
Boutte Site Donor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Belle Chasse Posts: 1,701	Re: Curtis Lofton Released Who needs LBs anyway? We'll just play 6 safeties. CheramieIII, spkb25, hagan714 and 2 others like this.

03-09-2015, 04:26 PM	#10
Mr.Riaton 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Broussard,La. Posts: 1,308	Re: Curtis Lofton Released I read the Bears might be interested in Foster. The biggest obstacle for us is convincing him to play for Ryan instead of Fangio...and the fact that we passed on him in the draft for Tez doesn't help us either,but who knows?

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