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Just days after cutting RB Ahman Green and LB Morlon Greenwood, the Texans will release DE Anthony Weaver on Tuesday. His $6.2 million base salary will come off the Texans’ salary cap, but they still must deal with $5.4 million in acceleration on his contract — a total savings of $800,000.
Once Weaver is released, it will not be long before he finds another job. Jets coach Rex Ryan coached Weaver in Baltimore and could sign him for New York, or the Ravens always could try to bring him back.
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http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/02/23/look...ase-de-weaver/
Well, so much for the last
article I did on why the team might want to keep him around! And it looks like even though the cap page is right, I had done some BAD math in saying in that article that cutting him wouldn't result in cap savings (though the dead money estimate matches). No clue what I was thinking when I wrote that, since I had all the right contract info.
I made some edits so the errors no longer appear. Hopefully.
Just guessing, but I suppose the Texans waited to release him with the thought that they might re-negotiate his base salary. If the Jets or anyone else told his agent there was interest in him with another team, then I can see why he wouldn't agree to re-negotiate. Like i said in the article (maybe I got this right at least), I wondered if Weaver would be asking to be cut. He might get a lot more than $3.5 million this season with a new team.