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Originally Posted by Paintrain
I agree. I know I'm in the minority on this but for the overall money picture I'd cut Fletcher and re-sign Alexander to a multi year deal. Alexander is a 'glue' guy that good teams keep around.
Love Fletcher, but 38, he's got one year left, last year he had a great 2nd half but the first half he looked old, slow, missed tackles and got destroyed by TE. If we didn't have the cap issue, I'd be 100% on bringing him back. But since we do, I'd rather see us go with Robinson/Riley at ILB with LoAx and another mid level backup. No need to part with quality depth/ST ace long term vs. a farewell tour for Fletch.
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Fletch fought through what is said to be an excrutiatingly painful injury last season, and certainly it lowered his game early on. But don't discount the scheme adjustment we saw in the 2nd half of the season that kept Fletch in position and maximized his skill-set. The word was Haslett gave Fletch a bigger role in scheming.
Fletch had the foot/angle surgically fixed and he's gearing up for one last hurrah. He's the QB of the defense and arguably more important to the defenses success than any player or coach. We'd be ****ing insane to let him walk away (sorry for the f bomb but it's deserved here imo). Give us one more year to (hopefully) groom a guy or bring in a great FA.
But like matty said, looks like London will be back and for a reasonable sum. Bottom line: those dollars literally couldn't be used better on another player in 2013.