You only keep one Punter whereas you keep many LB. The 7th round pick was probably offered to pull the LB away. Whereas with the Punter no one would try because you keep just one and the team used a fifth round pick.
Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool
QUIT IT! Youāre distorting reality to prop and accommodate your biases regarding GBās GM.
Denver just traded Riley Dixon to Giants for a conditional 7th [after singing King] and Vogel is quite a bit better. [Beast was right, Vogel surely had trade value].
Dixon (ā16 7th rounder) last year netted 40.2 (#22) with same inside 20 rate as Vogel [I typoād earlier that he was 9th in net, Vogel was 7th (41.6)]. Dixon had 3 TBs (Vogel 2) and 2 punts blocked (Vogel 0). This guy was in his 2d year and not nearly as good as rookie Vogel.
If Vogel were cut, he and his 2 years/$1.1M salary would surely be claimed by the Giants or Cleveland [Their punter is 33 YO, net 40.6, and is due 2 years/$5.7M].
So, any other team with a lousy punter or an over paid one [EG, TB ās 29YO punter netted 2 yards less and is due 2 years/$6M; Seattleās 36YO punter netted almost 3 yards less and is due 2 years/$5.6M] would need to TRADE for Vogel to upgrade their punter position and some could save millions in cap over next 2 years.
Hell, a good GM might have several bidders and work it into a 6th.
And if Vogel donāt want to compete, well then thatās just too damn bad for him. A good GM doesnāt cater to this type of kiddy crap. A good GM doesnāt give away team assets. Heās a punter, heās not going to create discord on the team; his failure to act like a responsible adult will harm his career. A good GM would pull out the contract and say, āSon, I expect you to live up to your word as a manā¦and if you chose to be less than a man, but instead act like a unkind uncaring soulless Millennial sniveling snowflake its-all-about-me-me-me bitch, then weāll take the requisite steps to hold you to your contract.ā