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Derrius Thompson

Smart business move. He was going to get cut but we placed him on IR to keep from having to pay a Cap Hit.
 
/me rolls his eyes at the empty headed thought in here.

The guy actually hurt his hammy. They put him on IR to see if they can get anything for him in trade and if not toss him with an injury settlement. There's no real $$ difference (since once his hammy heals up the team has to deal with it anyways) and if he was 'getting screwed' you'd hear about it cause his agent would be up in arms. Another reason for keeping him instead of outright releasing him is to buy a 2-3 more weeks to see how the receiving core shapes up with the younger guys.

/me swears this thread is like the Dodo's in Ice Age.
 
VanDolPhan said:
/me rolls his eyes at the empty headed thought in here.

The guy actually hurt his hammy. They put him on IR to see if they can get anything for him in trade and if not toss him with an injury settlement. There's no real $$ difference (since once his hammy heals up the team has to deal with it anyways) and if he was 'getting screwed' you'd hear about it cause his agent would be up in arms. Another reason for keeping him instead of outright releasing him is to buy a 2-3 more weeks to see how the receiving core shapes up with the younger guys.

/me swears this thread is like the Dodo's in Ice Age.
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Yea, that.
 
If he is released DT does not get paid. IR he is paid. If he is cut he has to be picked up by another team to get paid. Does anybody out there think he would get more than what he is getting here. Think about Robert Edwards. He was cut because we wanted a younger player and he wasn't picked up and is out of football. Just because a player is relaesed doesn't mean he will be picked up. Quit the tears for DT he's making more money than most of us this year and nobody is going to take him if his hammy was even tweaked. hammy's can take 2weeks or 5 months to be right. recievers with bad hammy's are useless.
 
It's unreal how many people get are all weepy for DT. Like someone else pointed out already, he's made a lot of money here without ever contributing much. When players don't perform, no one suggests they give part of their salary back. Fine I can deal with that as part of the biz of sports, so why can't players or fans deal with moves like this -- assuming it even is strategic on Saban;s part and DT is not seriously injured.
 
painnotpleasure said:
I am really starting to think that the ONLY reason that Derrius Thompson was placed on Injured Reserve was to avoid paying the $1,107,500 it would cost, if we were to release him. He's getting paid $550K so I'm thinking Saban figures by placing him on IR (This is the last year of his contract), it would be cheaper to let him sit out the rest of his contract than it would be to pay the $1,107,500 CAP HIT it would to release him. I really do believe this is the logic behind placing him on IR and if that's the case, I think that is a VERY VERY wise business move by Saban saving us AT LEAST $500K. He definitely knows what he's doing and by placing Thompson on IR, it won't cost us any money against the CAP and an injury settlement would be made. Definitely a smart move by Saban from a business standpoint.
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Diasagree completely. If Thompson really wasn't hurt and could prove this to the Players Association Union than Saban would be in big trouble with the league. His hammy obviously must be hurt more than we were lead to believe. Plus his injury settlement would still pay him what he was owed this year so there is no cap savings there.
 
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