Sam Montgomery?

[xwalker]

True. That said, one quick way to get to him is burying him on the depth chart. Montgomery knows his value is already low, his stock would be 0 after that.

Besides, we have great leaders in the locker room when it comes to work ethic.

Montgomery was inactive for all games with the Texans. You can't get buried any deeper than that on the depth chart.

 

[xwalker]

so, we just signed Austin...a big potential guy that hasn't worked out yet...he get's his chance now....adding Montgomery at the same time worries me...if Monty is truly lazy, a pot-smoker, etc. AND Austin sees him getting a pass while they both potentially work their way into a rotation, then it is much harder to control TWO of them at the same time...one bad egg can be managed by the team, coaches etc, or they get jettisoned...having two at the same time is more risk....I want to see Austin perform before I add Montgomery (and I liked him in the draft).

Agree. You don't want to go overboard on these types of players; although, if the cleared waivers, they could always bring him in for an interview/workout. They could probably get a feel for his attitude from an interview. The shock of getting cut can adjust the attitude of some players, but it often takes some time. If he is immediately signed by another team it might not be enough of a shock to change his attitude. It would be funny if no team signed him to their roster and he ended up on a practice squad.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

At this point it seems no one is knockinghis door down to sign him.

 

[Eskimo]

I actually like the idea of signing him to the PS.

It would be a rude awakening for him to see the change in his paycheque.

He could see how hungry the guys are there to make the roster and hopefully he could change his attitude now that his career is on the line as no one will give him as much as a rookie minimum contract without a signing bonus.

If he turns things around he could be a viable player in this scheme by December or possibly next year.

The truth is we have had an unprecedented level of injuries to big-time DL and have lost 5 of our top 6 guys from last year for active duty on gameday and only 2 players from last year's group are active on gameday. This is for a team that drafted no DL and brought in only players that no one else wanted to vet min deals. We are beyond desperate. The only thing really holding us together right now is Hatcher and he has had some stinger issues lately, too. No one knows what we will get out of Ware the rest of the year as he has had about 3 different injuries that have pulled him out of the game so far this year.

One way of thinking of it is how much DL salary we have on the sidelines. I figure we've got $33M/yr on the sidelines and about $4M on the field. The only non-min player we have right now is Hatcher at $2M/yr.

Times are tough.

We should leave no stone unturned.