jarthur31 Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/KC/7642927 He was cut yesterday because he couldn't beat out the younger guy. Is he worth the risk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeG Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 I'm sure another HUGE reason that he was cut was that his veteran minimum salary is HUGE and it probably doesn't justiy a team keeping him when they can pay 90% less and maybe only lose 10% or less of leg... just my opinion anyway... one small problem with the salary cap, if you have noticed, the amount of good kickers have dwindled over the years and some good ones go without jobs sometimes because they've been in the league too long and must be paid too much for a just being a kicker, so some teams sacrifice chance at the 45+ yard field goals for about a million in salary cap. again, just my opinion, but it seems to make a little sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper13 Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 Cutting Lindell is a huge salary cap hit. No kicker is going to be brought in here, especially some 44 year old at the veteran minimum salary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 What is the vet minimum for 328 years of experience anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 I'm sure another HUGE reason that he was cut was that his veteran minimum salary is HUGE This is not really the case. If you sign an 'old-time' vet for a 1 yr. vet minimum salary, you get a substantial break on the cap cost. This change was implemented a few yrs ago, 'cuz there were many back-up vets (AVP comes to mind), that couldn't get work for the very reason you state. The extra 400k or so of cap room that they took up wasn't worth it relative to a rookie who can sit on the bench for much less. As a representation, (I don't know accurate #s, but this'll be the general idea), let's say that vet min for someone w/ 10+ yrs is $900k but their cap hit will only be $500k. Rookie min is like $250k, so isn't a good kicker worth $250k? You'd be better off w/ only 52 guys on the roster. (My personal opinion is that kickers (& punters) are among the most valuable players on the team & getting a good one, like Moorman, is worth WAY more than there relative cap hit relative to other players.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typical TBD Guy Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 I've been as critical of Lindell as anyone else here, but I'll admit that he's done a pretty good job here thus far in the preseason. Let's stick with some continuity at special teams and go to battle with one of our favorite TBD whipping boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 Ryan 'The Heartbreaker' Lindell is our kicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarthur31 Posted September 4, 2004 Author Share Posted September 4, 2004 Anderson won't be unemployed long, I'm afraid. Some kicker somewhere will get hurt or suck it up pretty bad. I just hope Ryan doesn't fug it up for us. Too bad TD didn't keep Hollis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 Anderson won't be unemployed long, I'm afraid. Some kicker somewhere will get hurt or suck it up pretty bad. I just hope Ryan doesn't fug it up for us. Too bad TD didn't keep Hollis. 18510[/snapback] Isn't Hollis a cripple now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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