Cut/waiver tracker

[flyerhawk]

Rumor is Calitro got cut.

He did indeed. Kept Ballore instead.

Jaron Brown was also resigned.

 

[Podunkparte]

Really surprised about the Calitro cut. He had a great preseason. I would rather see Shaqueem be the odd man out in that position. He just hasn't shown much compared to the rest.

 

[flyerhawk]

Really surprised about the Calitro cut. He had a great preseason. I would rather see Shaqueem be the odd man out in that position. He just hasn't shown much compared to the rest.

Clearly the team sees things in Griffin that they don't in Calitro. Certainly Calitro has done more on the field than Shaq in the past couple of seasons.

But if they view both players as just special teamers then perhaps Griffin offers more upside.

 

[Screamin12th]

Special teams, Calitro just doesn't make as much of an impact there.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Special teams, Calitro just doesn't make as much of an impact there.

Fuck. I liked him. He'll catch on somewhere else

 

[flyerhawk]

Fuck. I liked him. He'll catch on somewhere else

Jags picked him up.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Jags picked him up.

Good. Hope he gets a chance to be a starter.

All good that we got lucky with Jazz Ferguson

 

[Anointed One]

Special teams, Calitro just doesn't make as much of an impact there.

IMO, that was the difference... Griffin is great in Special Teams...

 

[JMR]

On the Shaquem instead of Calitro thing, I do acknowledge that Griffin is very good on ST...but couldn't we use Barton & BBK for that from the LB position and be just fine? I think the chances that KJ plays 16 games are only slightly better than mine, and at that point I think we will be sore about not having Calitro.

 

[flyerhawk]

On the Shaquem instead of Calitro thing, I do acknowledge that Griffin is very good on ST...but couldn't we use Barton & BBK for that from the LB position and be just fine? I think the chances that KJ plays 16 games are only slightly better than mine, and at that point I think we will be sore about not having Calitro.

Pretty sure if KJ goes down they will just slide Kendricks over. Given how rarely we play with 3 LBs on the field, it wouldn't change things dramatically.

 

[JMR]

Pretty sure if KJ goes down they will just slide Kendricks over. Given how rarely we play with 3 LBs on the field, it wouldn't change things dramatically.

Yeah, I have no doubt the coaches would mitigate the risk as well as possible. Losing a starter still means your depth guys are that much closer to being on the field a lot more, and having to put Griffin out there instead of a more proven guy like Calitro is a liability. Hope is not a method, but maybe we'll get lucky and not have KJ go down (and not see Kendricks get prison time).

 

[flyerhawk]

Yeah, I have no doubt the coaches would mitigate the risk as well as possible. Losing a starter still means your depth guys are that much closer to being on the field a lot more, and having to put Griffin out there instead of a more proven guy like Calitro is a liability. Hope is not a method, but maybe we'll get lucky and not have KJ go down (and not see Kendricks get prison time).

Meh. Ultimately players like Calitro are nice to have but it's pretty rare that you really suffer when you lose them. They could have easily chosen to keep Calitro and cut someone else but I suspect they view LB as one of our strongest position groups and thus losing someone like Calitro is much less likely to hurt us than someone like Travis Homer or one of our DTs that will get little playing time.