Would be great to just drop Mitchell and use the money he would have made on Boston. If they can work it in with Bell's contract.
hell yeah
I was wondering that the other day. It would have to be a big cut to make him an affordable backup though wouldn't it? And, do we even want him back as an affordable backup??? His level of play has clearly fallen.
Tomlin has proven in the past that he's not afraid to shell out $2-6mil for backups with experience. JJ Wilcox the most recent case on a very lengthy list of overpaid players that ride the pine for 16 games.
Its sad that Mitchell was being paid TOP 3 of all Safety salaries on a per year basis over the last 2 seasons, and there were probably 20-30 players at either FS or SS that were playing better than he has over the last 2 years.
WOW! His play is trending way down. He was much worse this season than the season before. The coaches have to see that, right??? I just hope the coaches don't try to rationalize that his poor play was all due to the injuries. Yeah, they didn't help but even when he was supposedly healthy his play sucked big time.
Yea I have a hunch that the "groin issue" in 2016 was him playing sheep in the eyes of his critics. Now that he has zero excuses I wonder what farce he'll come up with next. In Mike's eyes he's the greatest player to ever grace the football field so I'm sure he won't go quietly.
I can't remember. Is that his contract from when he first signed or an extension after playing with Troy for a few years? He definitely looked much better when he was playing with Troy. Troy made Mitchell look much better than he really is and without Troy he looks really bad!
Its his original 5-yr contract he signed back in '14. He looked ok but was never that great. Polamalu was a shell of himself that year, and I think only played 8-10 FULL games.
Oh, so he sucked from the beginning. Got it!
He wasn't as terrible as he is now. But maybe its the schemes that he benefited from? Lebeau vs Butler/Tomlin?
