Shea McClellin after four weeks

[long distance]

Do you remember when Blount went down last season? We had to go out and sign a less-than-stellar Steven Jackson.

Lewis or no Lewis, it seems like the team is taking a considerable risk in hoping Blount lasts a whole season through January.

No team can have everything. Risk is part of the business. Look what's happening around the league. You are following probably the deepest (even if not the most talented) roster there is. This team survived no brady, no gronk, no lewis, no ninko, no vollmer, no hightower, no solder, no garoppolo etc period this season .. so there's a good guess it will survive also no bolden no blount.

That's what's amazing about this roster. That it has - against all odds of the NFL* rules and abuse of their powers - such unbelievable insurance for all key players and positions. The emergence of Thuney, Fleming and partly also Cannon solidified and somewhat insured also the weakest link of last season - OL.

Would I like to have Forte on the team? Sure. But it amazes me much more how BB does it with Blounts, Whites, Boldens, Flemings and Cannons of the world ..

 

[luuked]

Players are evaluated in fewer than 5 games all the time. It is neither an inherently unreasonable nor an inherently pointless thing to do.

Yeah ok..

 

[Deus Irae]

Yeah ok..

Did you need more than the 2 games the Patriots needed before cutting Bradley Fletcher?

 

[IllegalContact]

Did you need more than the 2 games the Patriots needed before cutting Bradley Fletcher?

its one thing to be placed on the field and appear to be a total liability like Monty Biesel or Duane Starks........this guy isn't even earning that opportunity

 

[captain stone]

Can't show anything until he's healthy from the concussion..

So what was his excuse before the concussion?

 

[captain stone]

What kind of money is McClellin making? $1M.. really? You're complaining about $1M salary? or a 1.9M cap hit? Come on.. If you want to complain about a cap him, complain about Vollmer's hit, which is over $5M..

It's at least a $2M cap hit, based on the $6M (!?!) in guarantees (!?!) over 3 years:
Shea McClellin - New England Patriots - 2016 Player Profile - Rotoworld.com

Compare that bloat with LB Zach Brown of the Billiards:
Zach Brown - Buffalo Bills - 2016 Player Profile - Rotoworld.com

Hell, Brown makes less than Jonny Freeny, who's simply garbage:
Jonathan Freeny

Bottom line: McClellin + Freeny = complete, utter wastes of precious cap space that would've been better-spent trying to find more athletic LBs who would've been better fits here than the two aforementioned 3-4
dinosaurs.

 

[Nunchucks]

McClellan has not done much to justify his spot on the roster.