You are way too obsessed with the locker room. Half the team changes every year.
DMC didn't earn any roster protection. He got paid last year and did OK, that's it.
If Millier or Murray or a rookie is better than him then he is cut, no questions.
Locker room camaraderie is one of the variables teams look at when keeping, letting go, or signing a new player. Not an obsession.
Only one using the word "protection" is you.
If you think DMC is not worth $2.1 million at his current production and he will be in a contract year this coming season, then all the power to you.
I'm not even his greatest fan. Wish he was better after contact. But he was well worth what he got paid last season and if he could continue that next season, at that rate, then he's a bargain and productive player to have on this team.
He literally was the bit of offense we had last season and the opposition continually lined up 8 men in the box. Other than our o-line, he must have felt like he was still playing in Oakland last season. Still got 4.6 yards a carry.
Philly is not taking a $13 million cap hit next year to cut Murray. Pederson likes to run the ball and can use him.