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Brandon Flowers Released

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By nctarheel0619,
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Dream on. This guy is a pro bowl cal type CB right now. You will have a dozen teams after him and willing to give him a nice contract to boot. We can't even sign Hardy to a long term now. We have to many guys who do big contracts coming up in the next few years. Much as I like to go after him. But we simply just can't afford him even if we wanted to get him.

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http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2014/6/13/5772066/brandon-flowers-released-kansas-city-chiefs
 

Flowers' release seems to come down to a couple of reasons.

The first is the scheme fit in Kansas City. Despite making the Pro Bowl for the first time last season, 2013 was not Flowers best season. He is just 5'9 and it's hard not notice that GM John Dorsey has favored bigger cornerbacks.

The second is his contract, which had a cap number in 2014 of $10.5 million. For the Chiefs, that was one of the four biggest cap hits this season and one they believed they couldn't afford.

 

Despite those reasons, the Chiefs just got worse today. Flowers was still the top cornerback on the Chiefs roster but his value with his big contract just wasn't worth it to the team.

Why did the Chiefs trade him?

They probably tried. The biggest reason they couldn't is that he has a big contract and not many teams can fit that into their salary cap. Plus, once teams start talking about trading a player, other teams may believe they'll just go ahead and try to sign him for cheaper once he's released.

 

 

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