Eagles release Babin

[joseephuss]

Originally Posted by BTX

He had 10 sacks last year he is not overarated.

He had 18 sacks last year. He has 53.5 sacks during his career, which started in 2004. So as a pass rusher he hasn't been consistently elite and has not done near as well this season getting to the QB. He is poor at defending the run.

I don't know about him being overrated because I don't recall many people ever saying he was that great. He basically had a couple of good seasons sacking the QB over 2010 and 2011, but for most of his career has been less than average at creating a pass rush.

He is not worth the money he was being paid, but he could probably help some team at a lower price. I don't see any team putting a claim on him, but after he clears waivers a team or two may have some interest.

[dogberry]

Doesn't he have enough seniority to choose where he goes?

[joseephuss]

Originally Posted by mldardy

He actually had 18 last year and Victor Butler couldn't get 18 sacks in 3 years if he tried.

Butler could get 18 sacks in 3 years, but he would have to get a lot more snaps than he usually gets. I don't think putting Butler in that situation would help Dallas all that much.

[CyberB0b]

No thanks. Doesn't fit here.

[InmanRoshi]

Philly is in a tail spin right now, and franchises in tail spins frequently do dumb/illogical things. He'll get picked up in short order (Atlanta would be a great fit to replace Ray Edwards), and if it's by a team that goes far in the playoffs everyone will go on and on about what a great player he is and what a gift from above he turned out to be.

[FiveRings]

Originally Posted by joseephuss

Butler could get 18 sacks in 3 years, but he would have to get a lot more snaps than he usually gets. I don't think putting Butler in that situation would help Dallas all that much.

You missed the former, I said that if Butler rushed the outside shoulder every snap like Babin does he could put up his numbers

[M'Kevon]

Originally Posted by FiveRings

You missed the former, I said that if Butler rushed the outside shoulder every snap like Babin does he could put up his numbers

Which results in "you have got to be kidding." Butler isn't in the same zip code as a motivated Babin.

[RXP]

With our need for a pass rusher on the D-Line, I think the cowboys should take a look at signing Babin. He's proven to be a very good pass rusher, with an 18 sack season last year. While admittedly I'm not sure if he would make the transition to 3-4 D end, he could probably be a 3rd down/situational pass rusher for us, plus he couldn't be any worse than what we already have in terms of pass rush on the D line

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/86...18-sack-season

(sorry if this has been posted already)

[Tezz]

The only time Jason Babin has been productive in his career was in the wide9 scheme, I expect him to sign with a team that utilizes that scheme.

[durrrr]

I don't see the point.

[RXP]

Originally Posted by durrrr

I don't see the point.

Because we have borderline no pass rush coming from our D-Line.

[Boys122]

omg!! We Haz To Sinz Him Fo Sure!!

[maxdallasfan]

glad he got cut. He's an ***

[Hostile]

In before the merge.

[MichaelWinicki]

Let's see...

The guy is 32
He provides no run support
He's not the pass rusher he was last year
There are suggestions that he's had some issues in the lockerroom
His contract is very large for the next two seasons


Pass.