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Thank God Forbes is gone
 
just to state the obvious, I doubt it has anything to do with Lattimore’s status. Forbes was seen as a liability and that’s basically that.

It seems they would have preferred to have held open tryouts at Chantilly High School before giving Forbes a game day jersey.
 
I’m actually shocked that he got cut. Not because of the performance, but because I didn’t think they thought so low of him to occupy the payroll and create a void. I don’t think he was a top 3 CB on the team but thought he may have been ‘good’ enough to be the 5th guy. Hard to believe he was so bad they thought they could pay him to go away AND find someone better walking the street
 
Neophyte said:
The benefits of having cap space.
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And they take the majority of the hit now vs down the road.

Pretty good cap management. If he’s not part of the plans, get it done now and don’t have to pay for it later when you might want to spend more money.
 
The stench of Rivera is almost completely off of this team. Ron Rivera was the worst GM in the history of this franchise.
 
RR was bad. But I think there's some recency bias too. Good lord - the Cerrato years were mind-numbingly awful. At least Rivera had the built-in excuse of wearing too many hats. Cerrato had one job.

It's kind of a depressing comparison though :ROFLMAO:
 
Does that mitigate the cap hit or was our cap hit only based on bonuses we paid out?

Glad he found a landing spot. For whatever reason, I think he was just done wrong by the team in his rookie season. I hope he rediscovers his confidence and McVay gives him the time he needs.
 
burgold said:
Glad he found a landing spot. For whatever reason, I think he was just done wrong by the team in his rookie season. I hope he rediscovers his confidence and McVay gives him the time he needs.
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I get what you're saying, but to be brutally honest, all Jack Del Rio throwing Forbes to the wolves as a rookie did was make it crystal clear almost immediately that the guy had no business being drafted where he was. Him being done wrong and him having the ability to play in the NFL at any level are completely separate from each other. We have one of the best defensive staffs in the NFL and they gave him every chance to recover from his year one trauma. He wasn't able to do even minimally better in year two. I think you are being soft-hearted. Admirable. But coaches and talent evaluators can't afford to be.

The biggest wrong here was Ron Rivera thinking he was smarter than anyone else and drafting Forbes in the 1st round instead of guys who were 100x more likely to succeed at their positions. It is damn near criminal.

As Chris said earlier today, Forbes seems like a really nice kid. I will not feel bad at all if Forbes makes the Commanders front office and amateur talent evaluators like me look stupid and has a great career. I think the odds are extremely against that likelihood but if he can figure it out, that's awesome.
 
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I get what you're saying, but to be brutally honest, all Jack Del Rio throwing Forbes to the wolves as a rookie did was make it crystal clear almost immediately that the guy had no business being drafted where he was. Him being done wrong and him having the ability to play in the NFL at any level are completely separate from each other. We have one of the best defensive staffs in the NFL and they gave him every chance to recover from his year one trauma. He wasn't able to do even minimally better in year two. I think you are being soft-hearted. Admirable. But coaches and talent evaluators can't afford to be.

The biggest wrong here was Ron Rivera thinking he was smarter than anyone else and drafting Forbes in the 1st round instead of guys who were 100x more likely to succeed at their positions. It is damn near criminal.

As Chris said earlier today, Forbes seems like a really nice kid. I will not feel bad at all if Forbes makes the Commanders front office and amateur talent evaluators like me look stupid and has a great career. I think the odds are extremely against that likelihood but if he can figure it out, that's awesome.
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It sucked seeing Christian Gonzalez having another good game yesterday. 6 tackles, an INT and lining up against top receivers
 
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I dunno, Boone. I remember Darrell Green saying that he could straighten Forbes out really quickly and that the kid had been coached into some very bad habits. I think Del Rios DBs coach did actual damage. Now, on the other hand, Quinn and Witt seem to be DB whisperers and if they couldn't undo and wright the damage than that is on Forbes.
 
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