Shawn Springs

[tunahelper]

Anyone hear if he is going to be cut as reported a few weeks ago?

He could be a stop gap CB, until youngins get groomed?

 

[SDogo]

I'm actually watching this closely myself. I would love this signing if the Commanders do release him.

 

[Woods]

He's the vet I'd like to get, and I'd think he'd prefer coming back to Dallas.

That said, I haven't heard the Commanders wanting to cut him.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

He's the vet I'd like to get, and I'd think he'd prefer coming back to Dallas.

That said, I haven't heard the Commanders wanting to cut him.

I agree, he has lots of friends on the Dallas team and of course he would like to be close to family

 

[hendog]

Anyone hear if he is going to be cut as reported a few weeks ago?

He could be a stop gap CB, until youngins get groomed?

Ask Hos. If anybody knows it'll probably be him. He's keeping a keen eye on it.

 

[dmq]

I think the lack of signings this year by the skins shows you that they don't want to cut players like Springs this off season.

 

[McCordsville Cowboy]

Springs might not have top end speed before injuries in Seattle.... but he is a physical beast. He can still produce and be a quailty #2 corner. He is more physical than Henry and is probably faster too.

He played TO well.

 

[Hoofbite]

I wouldn't mind. Im not sure if he will be cut but if he was, I think he would play some damn good #3 while one of the 1st rounders watches and learns for a while.

 

[rlgiv]

I was hoping he would be cut and we would show an interest but, the chances look pretty slim now.

 

[Hostile]

Ask Hos. If anybody knows it'll probably be him. He's keeping a keen eye on it.

I don't think he will be waived by Washington. I did ask for an update on Ron Springs from Everson Walls. I think if he were to be released (again, not likely) he would immediately call Jerry Jones to try and come be closer to his Dad. That is my opinion, it is not based on any other info.

 

[ajk23az]

Springs might not have top end speed before injuries in Seattle.... but he is a physical beast. He can still produce and be a quailty #2 corner. He is more physical than Henry and is probably faster too.

He played TO well.

TO had TORCHED him one game vs the Skins'. And I mean TORCHED him.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

don't think he will be going anywhere.....Carlos Rogers had a very serious knee injury...he will not be ready until October at the earliest...of course he will not be right again until the next season if ever...so they are to thin at CB to release him

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Springs might not have top end speed before injuries in Seattle.... but he is a physical beast. He can still produce and be a quailty #2 corner. He is more physical than Henry and is probably faster too.

He played TO well.

If you are a Cowboys fan then yes, he played TO just the way you would want him to play:

11/18/07 against Washington: 8 Receptions, 173 Yards, 4 Touchdowns

 

[Fletch]

I have a brother that spoke highly of Springs. He thinks he'd be a great addition for a couple of seasons. However I'm still on the fence about this one.

If the :dissskin: do indeed release Shawn, then I wouldn't be opposed, but I

doubt the Skins will make such a move.

 

[Danny White]

From what I've heard on local radio here, somehow the Skins are $8 million UNDER the cap.

I don't think they're going to cut Springs then.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Springs might not have top end speed before injuries in Seattle.... but he is a physical beast. He can still produce and be a quailty #2 corner. He is more physical than Henry and is probably faster too.

He played TO well.

On which one of TO's 4 TD passes did he play him well? I can only assume you meant that game cause TO didn't play in the second game with them.


That said, for a vet minimum, I wouldn't mind him coming in to add us some depth to the corner spot. He'd certainly be a light years upgrade from Reeves.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

It appears the Commanders don't want to cut him because with Carlos Rogers probably nowhere near 100% by the start of the season they would be extremely thin at CB. In 2006 their secondary was awful without Springs who was injured for most of that season. He's a huge cap hit for them and if he gets hurt again it's likely to be a disaster, but they would be stupid to release him.




YAKUZA

 

[fan62]

A week or so after Zorn arrived in Washington, he came out and said that Springs was one of the players he wanted to keep on the team.


* Cerrato said the team and cornerback Shawn Springs "are on the same page" and he expects Springs to be back with the team in 2008.
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Hope Springs eternal for veteran cornerback

Rogers' delayed return would seem to mean that Shawn Springs will be back with the Commanders in 2008.
Springs, an 11-year veteran, felt that last season probably would be his last in Washington. He has a big salary-cap number for 2008, $7.4 million, and he refused to take a pay cut last season when his cap number also was large, $7.3 million.
Often, that means a player is in the last year of his contract, no matter how many years are left on his deal.
But with Rogers unavailable until perhaps October, the Commanders can't afford to get rid of the man who has been their best all-around cornerback for the past four seasons.
Defensive coordinator Greg Blache said he very much wants Springs back.
However, Springs will be 33 when the season begins, and there will be free agent cornerbacks, Asante Samuel chiefly among them, who are younger.
A cornerback such as Samuel, 27, will be expensive. But he also has four or five high-quality seasons in his body.
Springs made it through last season without a serious injury. Whether he can do that again is unknown.
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