Daryl Washington has been cut

[Cardsmasochist]

DWash reminds me of Richard Dumas. What a waste of talent.

Exactly!!!

 

[TJ]

not only has he missed 3 years from the league, but is one strike away from being perms-banned i believe.

Nah. He'd just get another indefinite suspension

 

[kerouac9]

In this scenario, would his contract be guaranteed if he was injured in camp?


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Yes/

 

[Scott MS]

When I saw this news, I figured it was tied to money. Like perhaps there was unsettled payments or Washington wanted to play under his existing contract. Seems that was the case. Cards wanted to pay him the minimum and he had to still be under contract otherwise it wouldn't require a release.

Update, he was under contact for the next 3 seasons at $2.9, $3.4, and $4.4M.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Nah. He'd just get another indefinite suspension

really? i thought there was a perma-ban rule for three strikes or something like that.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Did he get all of his bonus $, then never played for three years and then balked at playing league minimum... after literally getting 10 million dollars for free?

I'm sure he pissed all that money away by now because he's an idiot, but is the above what actually happened money wise when he got suspended?

 

[Austin Zonie]

Yes/

Right, so that'd be a reason to cut him now if he wasn't willing to take a lesser offer at this point.


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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Let's see how this "breath of fresh air" plays out in the years to come.
I look to the Patriots as the prime example. Sometimes winning teams take risks on personnel moves and questionable characters. They have constantly taken chances on "washed up" or questionable players and make it work (i.e. Randy Moss, Welker, Blount, etc...). If they plan on cutting bait with a player, they trade them and at least gets some value (i.e. Chandler Jones, Jaime Collins, etc...). They don't just wait til the last minute and dump the player for nothing.
Hopefully DWash really is washed up and they know more about the situation than any of us. But I'll believe it when I see it.

Welker?!?

 

[Jetstream Green]

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But probably a lot of 'F bombs' from Washington and his hurt ego for being chastised in the meeting

 

[Buckybird]

59 games started & 54 games missed. Screw his sorry ass for not playing for the minimum with the team he repeatedly screwed

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

He will get more than the minimum maybe $1.5 or something like that. But it likely won't be multi-year. But that's a far cry from what he was under contract for. And he did just literally steal the signing bonus from the cards. But that's what bad people do . . . screw you.

 

[DeAnna]

He will be a Patriot.

I don't think the's the type of LB the Patriots like to use. Too light - most of theirs are 250lbs +

 

[Sunburn]

Dirtbag. No tears shed.

 

[Mitch]

Just thought of another analogy...this is like stealing from your company, going awol on them for three years, and then asking for your job back while asking the company to pay you for returning the stolen goods.

 

[WindCardinal]

Part of me really wanted to see him play for us again. Oh well. I think Reddick might end up a better version of Washington.

 

[Buckybird]

Just thought of another analogy...this is like stealing from your company, going awol on them for three years, and then asking for your job back while asking the company to pay you for returning the stolen goods.

Lol

 

[NJCardFan]

Great leader. Great character. Tons of effort. Tons of remorse. Ready to prove himself.

Are you freaking kidding me? Please tell me you're being snarky. A great leader? Great character? How many leaders put themselves ahead of the team like he did? You want great character? That would be learning his lesson after getting suspended the first time and acting like an adult and putting the weed down. But he chose weed over his teammates. Great leader indeed.

 

[cardncubfan]

or refused a drug test

This is just ignorant. If he refused a drug test he wouldn't have been reinstated in the first place. I guarantee the league has him in the program still where he gets tested regularly.

 

[pmacLean]

I find it strange that so many on here have no idea what a 'bonus' is ...
here's the definition

noun, plural bonuses.
1. something given or paid over and above what is due.
2. a sum of money granted or given to an employee, a returned soldier, etc., in addition to regular pay, usually in appreciation for work done, length of service, accumulated favors, etc.
3. something free, as an extra dividend, given by a corporation to a purchaser of its securities.
4. a premium paid for a loan, contract, etc.
5. something extra or additional given freely

it is NOT money for future performance (that is a contract). The second it is awarded it belongs to the one receiving it. It is a reward for the past, not the future.

The money was DWs the instant it was handed over, all of it, no matter what happened.

Players love bonuses because it is in effect reward for what they have already done and is theirs right now. If they get hit by a car and paralyzed and then the next day they are cut, they still have that because it is theirs. It is not the team's money and it is not some promise of future performance (again, that would be the contract).

Hate him for whatever you want, but please stop this idiotic claim that he 'stole' anything from the Cardinals. You whiners are the same ones that bitch and moan at a poker table when someone makes a move on 'your' big blind. It's not 'your' big blind, it's the pot's big blind. Same with a bonus, the second it is awarded it belongs to the awardee, no matter what happens after that.

 

[Scott MS]

If I understand this correctly, since he was suspended, the years he sat out of football didn't count against his contract. So technically, once reinstated, he was only in the 2nd year of the 4 year contract? Regardless, he's not worth that money.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/daryl-washington-6556/

 

[NJCardFan]

Jags, Titans, 49ers, and Browns have anywhere between $33 million and $52 million in cap space. All of them has the luxury of signing a guy like him with limited risk. Those are my bets where he ends up and if I were to put a finer point on it, the Jags might have CC talking them into it.

 

[Shaggy]

I find it strange that so many on here have no idea what a 'bonus' is ...
here's the definition

noun, plural bonuses.
1. something given or paid over and above what is due.
2. a sum of money granted or given to an employee, a returned soldier, etc., in addition to regular pay, usually in appreciation for work done, length of service, accumulated favors, etc.
3. something free, as an extra dividend, given by a corporation to a purchaser of its securities.
4. a premium paid for a loan, contract, etc.
5. something extra or additional given freely

it is NOT money for future performance (that is a contract). The second it is awarded it belongs to the one receiving it. It is a reward for the past, not the future.

The money was DWs the instant it was handed over, all of it, no matter what happened.

Players love bonuses because it is in effect reward for what they have already done and is theirs right now. If they get hit by a car and paralyzed and then the next day they are cut, they still have that because it is theirs. It is not the team's money and it is not some promise of future performance (again, that would be the contract).

Hate him for whatever you want, but please stop this idiotic claim that he 'stole' anything from the Cardinals. You whiners are the same ones that bitch and moan at a poker table when someone makes a move on 'your' big blind. It's not 'your' big blind, it's the pot's big blind. Same with a bonus, the second it is awarded it belongs to the awardee, no matter what happens after that.

You know, that's so true. When I got bonuses from work at the end of each year, it was mine, no matter if I decided to quite the job 2 months later. I knew I didn't have to give it back.

 

[Shaggy]

If I understand this correctly, since he was suspended, the years he sat out of football didn't count against his contract. So technically, once reinstated, he was only in the 2nd year of the 4 year contract? Regardless, he's not worth that money.

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/daryl-washington-6556/

Yes.

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

No matter how this works out for him, he has basically traded 10's of millions of dollars for a few years of getting high... He and Ricky Williams can share a studio apartment and/or reality show in a few years.

*******.

 

[cardncubfan]

Lol

If he's in the shape he says he is then he is definitely worth more & someone will pay it. It was a business decision on both sides. Nothing more. I for one wish he would have stayed.