Broncos release Lonnie Paxton

[hgelpke]

I'd love to have him back since Aiken has been off in the preseason. Not sure if he has anything left in the tank though.

 

[jah]

Aiken has been off?

 

[Urgent]

The career of a good long-snapper can be quite long.
It's all about accuracy of the snap - not a lot of cutting, speed, other athletic skills that erode.

That said, would obviously want to know why he was released.
And yes, Aiken has had some high snaps.

 

[QB12]

Agreed that Aiken has been off this pre-season.

 

[Jackson 2]

Aiken has been off?

Yes, he definitely has been.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Others in the around the league cuts thread also agree with the observation that Aiken has been off. Bedard has commented on it. Even I noticed that he made a couple high snaps in the last game. Paxton to shadow roster at least if not brought in for a tryout unless he was cut because of a serious physical problem making him unable to snap and block.

 

[MoLewisrocks]

Supposedly he got beat out by a rookie. So all things being fairly equal that could be a cost cutting move and not a decline.

 

[Sciz]

Supposedly he got beat out by a rookie. So all things being fairly equal that could be a cost cutting move and not a decline.

Sounds like it. The new guy is about half as expensive.

I expect that we'll be seeing Paxton in NE within a few days.

 

[WhiZa]

Paxton is also 34 years old compared to Aiken who is 23 and will be around much longer.