Chiefs Release Stanford Routt

[DesertFox24]

I hope Buddy Nix picks this guy up on waivers we need another starting corner, even if Aaron Williams is not hurt.

That being said I doubt it because of his contract but would love to have him on our team wanted him when he was cut originally would be big.

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More so for long term than this week, because he has a 4 year deal if I am not mistaken but would instantly make our coverage better. He was not suited for the style of defense the chiefs want to run he is a press man cover guy like we want to run.

[OpIv37]

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if he was released, why do we have to pick him up on waivers? If the Bills wanted him, couldn't they just sign him to a new contract?

[Joe Fo Sho]

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if he was released, why do we have to pick him up on waivers? If the Bills wanted him, couldn't they just sign him to a new contract?

Because if we pick him up on waivers he has to come here, so we don't have to compete with other teams. But then we get locked into his contract, however big that is.

[OpIv37]

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Because if we pick him up on waivers he has to come here, so we don't have to compete with other teams. But then we get locked into his contract, however big that is.

so released players automatically go on waivers? For how long?

[DBrown77]

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I think he signed a pretty big contract. 6 mil this year alone.

I bet Indy picks him up.

[Joe Fo Sho]

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so released players automatically go on waivers? For how long?

I think it's just a couple of days, I'm not entirely sure. That's how we got Merriman though.

[Joe Fo Sho]

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so released players automatically go on waivers? For how long?

During the season (starting July 4 and lasting through the regular season), each team has 24 hours to file a claim for a player that another team has made available through the system or waive the right to do so. During the off season each team has several days to file such claims. Claiming teams are assigned the rights to or contracts via a priority system based on inverse order of winning percentage. Players that pass through waivers unclaimed become free agents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waivers_%28American_football%29

[kingJofNYC]

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Buddy wanted to sign this guy after the Raiders released him.

[Ed]

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I believe the waiver period is just 24 hours.

This is the guy that the Bills actually tried to sign back before free agency began and I believe it came down to the Bills, Chiefs, and Bengals. So maybe there is a chance he comes here.

[ThunderGun]

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Yeah, we better pick him up. How else are we going to guarantee that we don't get a top-5 draft pick? We gotta make sure we win enough games to push us into the 8-12 range where we belong. 7-9 BABY!!!!

[Joe Fo Sho]

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Yeah, we better pick him up. How else are we going to guarantee that we don't get a top-5 draft pick? We gotta make sure we win enough games to push us into the 8-12 range where we belong. 7-9 BABY!!!!

Yeah, because 1 corner will give us 3 more wins that without him.. If we can afford his contract, I'm all for signing this guy.

[ThunderGun]

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Yeah, because 1 corner will give us 3 more wins that without him.. If we can afford his contract, I'm all for signing this guy.

lol, obviously, one free agent CB won't single-handedly win us 3 games. I never said that.

But are we in "save the season" mode, or "think about next year" mode? Personally, I've completely and utterly given up on this season. We aren't going to go 6-1 and make the playoffs, so why bother picking up guys with big salaries to improve our team? At this point, I'd rather just lose-out and get a top-5 pick.

Each meaningless win screws us on draft day. If we had lost one more game last year, we could've taken Kuechly or Tannehill, instead of Gilmore. In 2011, we could've had Von Miller over Dareus. We could've had Patrick Willis instead of Lynch if we had lost one more meaningless game. You can't tell me we would be better off at this point adding more mediocre players.

[cookie G]

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They cut him because he was making 6.5 million and was getting beat on a regular basis.

Hey! He'd fit right in!

[THRILLHO]

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Wouldn't be surprised to see Miami look at him.

[BLeonard]

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Maybe a silly question, but why would the Bills want a player cut by a 1-7 team...?

-Bill