2 things about Daniel Thomas is the guy really hung in there and played hurt for us many times regardless of how much you want to see him go away which I appreciated which tells me he really cared.
The second is his rookie year he had his best rushing performances his first couple of games then went downhill from there which has always made me question why? Sure I know he ran too high, which led to fumbles and injuries but in those games I remember a kid spinning and turning for more yards then suddenly he is getting dropped like a rock. Of course I like to see what a kid did in college and the MO on Thomas was he was a one cut and hit the hole guy in Kansas and could catch out the backfield and I am not sold we ever used him to his strengths and instead tried to make him into a different type of running back than he actually was. Time to move on because we do need more production than we were getting out of his roster spot.