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While he didn't become a core D player or step in Collins' shoes he was a solid rotational player and core ST towards the end. Is that enough to justify his 2017 salary I don't know. Id be slightly surprised to see him flat out cut. Restructure with 1M pay cut may be a possibility?
If he lowers his cap hit via an extension/restructure then he is welcome to stay. He is just too expensive for the role he played last year. He has a higher cap hit than Ninkovich who plays substantial snaps on D. Or like Dussault said.. he has almost 3x the cap hit of KVN who arguably had more impact (including D calls).
What I would give to hear the full story of the Pats signing him. I wonder what role BB envisioned for him originally because the contract they were confident in giving him definitely suggests a bigger role than rotational D + ST player. It's all about value for me and at the current rate his value is pretty low.