Jets cut LG Adrien Clarke, CB Andre Dyson, and WR Justin McCareins. All of these players were signed with starter money, but never ended up being good starters. What this means is they can be picked up as good backups on the cheap. Dyson is probably best among them, and could serve as an excellent nickel corner of a stopgap measure at #2 CB. Clarke is probably going to be a career backup, but he's not a bad one and there's always a chance he could still develop. McCareins has suspect hands but great speed, and I'd look for a team to pick him up to play the slot.
49ers resigned DT Isaac Sopoaga and LB Roderick Green. Sopoaga is unfortunately a marginal starter who is being kept because the 49ers don't have anyone better at the moment. Green was and will remain a situational pass rusher.
WR Brandon Lloyd was cut by the Redskins. Not a huge surprise, in two years he failed to catch a touchdown. That's pretty awful. It's possible a team will give him another chance, but no production over two years normally means the athlete isn't really in it anymore. I'd expect a quiet retirement.
Chiefs released 35 year old WR Eddie Kennison. The Chiefs are rebuilding and need some cap space. Not a big deal. This clears out the starting job for Dwayne Bowe. The interesting part about it is that they declined to try to renegotiate his deal and maybe keep him on as a 4th string guy, to keep his locker room leadership. It's likely that Kennison will retire.
More good news for Panther fans. It looks like the Panthers are about to sign Muhsin Muhammad. It's hoped that either he or Dwayne Jarrett will be the starter opposite Steve Smith next season. The Panthers have also restructured the contracts of CB Ken Lucas and DT Ma'ake Kemoeatu to save 1 million in cap space. It's a pretty shrewd move, since both have had decreased production.
In a bit of a strange move by the Patriots, they've released LB Rosevelt Colvin. He had 20.5 sacks with them over four years. although he only played in 2 games in 2003 and 10 games this season. His other two, he was healthy. I'm going to assume that the Patriots know something we don't about his health, since they don't need to just be releasing LBs. Whichever team picks him up should do a complete physical, but if he passes, consider it a big coup. The key part about his presence as a free agent is that it will probably reduce Lance Briggs' final contract, since there are other good LBs available now.
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