Jonathan Cooper released

[RobertWeathers]

I would imagine this has to do with Cooper just being useless more so than anything else.

Most likely

 

[ctpatsfan77]

They wouldn't release him if they wanted him on the team.

Sometimes you have to cut players you want to keep. Not saying that's what happened here, just that it could be.

 

[Deus Irae]

They wouldn't release him if they wanted him on the team.

Someone had to go. It's not always about who you want on your team, in general. Sometimes, it's about what you need at the moment.

 

[Deus Irae]

If they've already guaranteed his salary, they darn well better not be paying him twice.

IF he came back (and I'm not saying, or even guessing, that he will), it would almost certainly be on a minimum type of salary.

 

[Froob]

IF he came back (and I'm not saying, or even guessing, that he will), it would almost certainly be on a minimum type of salary.

Gotta pay someone, functionally the same whether it's him or someone else.

 

[AtomicDawg]

And another 1rder down the drain ..

Not our 1st rounder though.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Not our 1st rounder though.

But we did trade away one of our best first rounders for him.......

 

[DaBruinz]

He's not just a throw in considering the cap hit he eats up.

The cap amount was small compared to someone like Chad Johnson or even Hightower..

 

[Crazy Patriot Guy]

But we did trade away one of our best first rounders for him.......

.......and Thuney, and Mitchell, who will still be here next season, and Jones almost certainly wouldn't have.

 

[Clonamery]

They wouldn't release him if they wanted him on the team.

You're like everyone's ex-wife.

 

[DaBruinz]

They wouldn't release him if they wanted him on the team.

Really? it's a matter of who can contribute.. They needed the roster space because of the shortage at DT with Valentine being hurt.

As for Perillo's comments, Cooper could play every interior position so the idea that he didn't have positional flexibility is BS.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

The cap amount was small compared to someone like Chad Johnson or even Hightower..

2.3 million in dead money, ZERO cap savings from cutting him

 

[Gronkowski123]

meanwhile, chandler jones is making plays.

thuney better turn out to be a pro bowl type of player..

 

[long distance]

The perfect twist of this saga would be if they bring him back on a new deal that goes beyond 2016 ..

 

[DaBruinz]

2.3 million in dead money, ZERO cap savings from cutting him

Chad Johnson - 6.5M Cap Hit.
Donte Hightower - 7.75M Cap Hit.

You didn't negate anything I said. 2.3M is SMALL in comparison..

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

.......and Thuney, and Mitchell, who will still be here next season, and Jones almost certainly wouldn't have.

He would have easily netted the Pat's a 3rd round comp pick, plus another year of his impact plays while Brady is still the QB. It was a awful trade, now that Cooper was cut, the cap savings (between what they would have had to pay Chandler, and the dead money if Cooper) is less than 5 million, it becomes a God awful trade.

 

[Deus Irae]

It was a awful trade, now that Cooper was cut, the cap savings (between what they would have had to pay Chandler, and the dead money if Cooper) is less than 5 million, it becomes a God awful trade.

You're kidding, right?

 

[patfanken]

2.3 million in dead money, ZERO cap savings from cutting him

Where does the dead money come from. His contract ends at the end of the year.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Chad Johnson - 6.5M Cap Hit.
Donte Hightower - 7.75M Cap Hit.

You didn't negate anything I said. 2.3M is SMALL in comparison..

Relax, I was just putting out the actual numbers.

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Where does the dead money come from. His contract ends at the end of the year.

Right now, his 2.3 million still counts against the Pat's cap. So basically they cut a guy and received ZERO cap relief for cutting him, which of course means the cut was performance related and not financially related.