Everson gone

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That's at least 4 Players that didn't want to play for Zimmer next year...

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Thanks for the loyalty, headcase

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@FSUVike said:
That's at least 4 Players that didn't want to play for Zimmer next year...

Uh, we cut him? 

He didn't want to play with Rick Spielman. He's not going to take a Brian Robison deal at the begining of free agency just because he loves the coach...

We cut him. We set a price. He was willing to entertain "restructuring" anyways. We didnt budge.

VINTAGE Rick Spielman... 

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@FSUVike said:
That's at least 4 Players that didn't want to play for Zimmer next year...

Or we don't have any money to pay these guys...  I mean Trae got a sack from Cincy (which he won't live up to) and I'm guessing us paying Pierce and tagging Harris kept us from having money to pay Everson.

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@Wetlander said:

@FSUVike said:
That's at least 4 Players that didn't want to play for Zimmer next year...

Or we don't have any money to pay these guys...  I mean Trae got a sack from Cincy (which he won't live up to) and I'm guessing us paying Pierce and tagging Harris kept us from having money to pay Everson.

Yeah but...  That doesn't fit with the agenda.

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@greediron said:

@Wetlander said:

@FSUVike said:
That's at least 4 Players that didn't want to play for Zimmer next year...

Or we don't have any money to pay these guys...  I mean Trae got a sack from Cincy (which he won't live up to) and I'm guessing us paying Pierce and tagging Harris kept us from having money to pay Everson.

Yeah but...  That doesn't fit with the agenda.

Whether we like it or not, that's just the reality of it in the NFL.  Very, very few retire with the team they originally started with.  Regardless, the amount of money is always the bottom line.

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@Tyr said:
Other than Odenigbo are there any other younger players on the roster that may be able to step into bigger roles? I guess Hughes and Hill at CB, but do any of our depth or practice squad DEs have a chance of at least filling a 4th DE role?

The Yarborogh kid we picked ip late last year has a chance. other than that im sure edge or a LB capable of pass rushing is forcing its way up our draft board

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Fact: Alexander took Tier 3 money to play with another team. Fact: Diggs wanted out. Fact: Everson shut down negotiations with Minnesota before he even had a deal in place with another team. Fact: Kearse wanted out.

Those are facts. One can logically infer, without having any fucking agenda, that an unusually high rate of players didn't want to stay with the team. 3 of them were mid to lower round guys, the type of guys you would think would have some small measure of gratitude to the team that took a chance on them and developed them.

I'm well within my rights to wonder whether an aging coach, who is nowhere near the age he was when he coached Prime Time, that's a renowned hardass with a penchant for calling players out in the media, might be losing his touch with some of his younger players. It's been brought up here before by others, and that was before such an unusual exodus. 

I think, like everything else, it's a combination of things. The Players and their Agents understand the cap situation.  Several of them didn't like how Zimmer utilized them. Which can relate back to him not connecting as well, Potentially, with some of his younger players. Scheme changes also factor in.

But to accuse me of having an agenda, and I'd like to see the last post where I advocated for firing Mike, smacks of koolaid drinking homerism.  Some real thin skinned folks here as Free Agency doesn't go the way you wanted and you're frankly overly protective of a team that has unquestionably regressed. A regression I'm actually for, in case you cared.

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@Caactorvike said:

@VikeMike52 said:
I kind of think they slammed a door they didn't need to now. They have no pending deal but are merely breaking off with the Vikings to concentrate of free agency. I don't get why you announce that. Sour grapes?

I agree.  I don’t understand why you would rule your team out without a solid and better offer elsewhere. It makes you think that something else must be under this.   This whole offseason seems weird to me. I can’t recall one where so many players left or one where there seemed to be no plan in place to rebuild.  It can’t all be done by the draft.  Our one major signing —a huge contract—is not even in our primary areas of need. What gives?

No,don't go blaming Griff. They did the same way with Brian and then cut him. The difference is Brian knew it was going to be his last year and he didn't want to go anywhere else. 
Trust me a lot of those guys saw what they did to Brian and didn't forget. They can only give so much loyalty to the team before realizing the team isn't going to show any.
That said, I'm sure Griff isn't falling for the same shit that Brian fell for, thinking that they would resign him after probably ignoring him. 
That's Spielman's forte. Fuck Spielman. Good for you Griff.

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Get over it Pops.