Saints to Release Latavius Murray (1 Viewer)

[TJJ break off big run after big run]

Payton: “Well at least Murray can consistently churn out short yardage.”

[Murray consistently get stopped for 0-2 yards]

Payton: “Well at least Murray can pass block better.”

[Murray whiffs on his block and TJJ completely annihilates every blitzer heading his way]

Payton: “Man...this is getting more difficult. But at least Murray has been very consistent with ball security.”

[Murray coughs up a fumble]

Payton: “I give up.”

Shannon Sharpe: “It’s a conspiracy! Trying to take advantage of him! Holding the man down!”
 
I think the Saints did him dirty. How come when a player asks for a trade or wants more money he’s a cancer but when a team cuts a player under contract or asks them to take a paycut “it’s just business”? Interesting.
 
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I think the Saints did him dirty. How come when a player asks for a trade or wants more money he’s a cancer but when a team cuts a player under contract or asks them to take a paycut “it’s just business”. Interesting.
The contract is the guaranteed money. Murray agreed to the contract...and the Saints would have paid him this year if he wasn’t awful this offseason.
 
There is no dirty in the NFL. There is only business. Any player or coach thinking otherwise is delusional about what the league and America are.
 
That works both ways though. What if a player outperforms his contract?

Then sign a shorter contract or an incentive laden one. That's what Jameis Winston did and it should pay off nicely for him as long as he performs. Not like the players don't have options, they just chose the guaranteed money one.
 
We currently have $10 million in cap space... What we do? Get a player? Extend Lattimore?
..or better yet we roll it into next seasons cap. Loomis has a lot of money to find in the next off season, I'm ok with us bargain shopping this year.

Exactly why I've been expecting this move for a while. Can't pay a #3 rb this kinda money.
 
That works both ways though. What if a player outperforms his contract?
The contract is the contract. If the player overachieves or underachieves they are tied to the guaranteed money in the contract, just like the organization. Right now the Saints are paying CGM to sit on his butt because they made the error in giving a guy with personality issues a ton of guaranteed money. This is no different to contracts involving other professionals. If someone wants to hold out for a better contract then that’s up to them...but the organization is under no obligation to comply. Just like a player is not forced to take a paycut.
 
I don't see this as some nasty move by the Saints. It was clear that Murray had hit a wall. The NFL is a meritocracy. Murray was outplayed by TJJ and was regulated to third on the depth chart. So the Saints have this expensive #3 RB who has apparently hit a wall physically and doesn't offer anything in special teams. What do you do with such a player? They could've cut him without even asking him to take a pay cut.
 
There has to be a move coming, hopefully an extension to either Lattimore or Williams.
 
I don't see this as some nasty move by the Saints. It was clear that Murray had hit a wall. The NFL is a meritocracy. Murray was outplayed by TJJ and was regulated to third on the depth chart. So the Saints have this expensive #3 RB who has apparently hit a wall physically and doesn't offer anything in special teams. What do you do with such a player? They could've cut him without even asking him to take a pay cut.
The question is the timing. Why not cut him sooner? Well...I think that there are good reasons they didn't do so. First...I think that the Saints had every intention of giving Murray every opportunity to make the team under his current contract. He was beat like a drum by TJJ in both preseason games. So the final preseason game was key...and it got cancelled. I suppose that the Saints could have cut him immediately after learning that the game cancelled, but then Shannon Sharpe would be complaining that the Saints were inhumane for cutting Murray on the verge of having to relocate himself and his family during Hurricane Ida. Waiting until immediately after the hurricane is actually the humane thing to do...as it gives Murray one less thing to worry about during the very stressful hurricane situation. It would not have changed anything in regards to his ability to catch on with a team. He will still have plenty of options, and he would have struggled to play for that team in week 1 of the regular season any way you spin it.

We also have no clue on the timing of the situation. Perhaps the Saints told him about the need for him to take a paycut before yesterday and he was considering his options.

This...like the Urban Meyer "story"...isn't a story.
 
There has to be a move coming, hopefully an extension to either Lattimore or Williams.
Williams is locked into playing this year under his franchise tag value as salary. Nothing can be done with that until the off season. With Lattimore they gave him most of his 5th year option salary as a signing bonus earlier this year in order to push most of it into next year. I am not sure if the rules changed but at one time a player can only get a new deal once per league year.
 

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