"Several Defensive players in a group chat about wanting to play elsewhere"

[Forty-Eight]

The free agents and scrub defensive players can go play somewhere together. The key and core guys are staying. That’s why Shaq signed a long term contract. We got Luke, Shaq and Burns to build a defense around. 

[Jared Patterson]

Are we picking up Poe's option?

[Sgt Schultz]

Somebody tell them that they can all go in mass, provided they take Hurney with them.

[Harbingers]

8 minutes ago, CarolinaNCSU said:

9 defensive starters?  The hell? KK, Luke, Shaq, Reid, Donte, Burns at minimum are there and accounted for. 

Poe gets cut, saves 10 million.  Olsen retires, think that's 8-9, even cutting someone like Mike Davis weirdly saves 3 million. Without even getting into Gano, Cam, or others. That 32 million will easily be 50+, and those 9 defensive starters are more like finding 5.  If the team goes into rebuild mode, not like we'll even be signing big FA's to fill those spots anyway. Probably can slot in a couple draft picks as well.  I mean I get hyperbole is the flavor of the month right now, but 9 defensive starters on 32 million?

Each of those 9 players I counted either started, played in a rotational spot or started in place of injury. That’s 6 starting spots under contention though. 

Those moves could likely but we really don’t know until a coach is appointed and the GM spot is figured out.

Remember, Hurney signed Davis for 3 million a year for no apparent, when we had a STACKED backfield. The dude got paid 3 million for half a season with some special teams snaps and 8 offensive snaps.

So right now we have 32 million. Olsen could quite possibly be a trade, he wants to play but he doesn’t want to play on a rebuild team. 

If Hurney is around I have a feeling he’ll fight to keep Poe since it was one of his signings. The point is not to highlight going forward. The point is to reinforce just how horrible Hurney is. 

[pantherj]

The only thing I'm going to remember from this defense is the dozens of times Luke threw his arms up and looked around like he wasn't screwing up as well. And these players want to go elsewhere and win a championship? Are they referring to the Arena league?

[Snake]

13 minutes ago, bull123 said:

boston and reid both just plain quit trying...dump em both

Reid was just a body for 4 games. Boston was at least trying to get picks. 

[raleigh-panther]

That entire defense quit 

they can walk 

as a professional, you don’t quit.   

[firefox1234]

We tanked and now are picking inside the top 10. They have already outlived their purpose.