Analyzing whether the San Francisco 49ers will regreat releasing Arik Armstead.
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00:00 Will the Niners regret letting Eric Armstead
00:03 leave
00:06 No
00:08 No
00:10 He's just I'm really banking on I think he's I think his body's breaking down. This is a concern like I'm
00:16 Specifically remember this article
00:18 I wrote like two years ago like for now his concerns Eric Armstead going into the season and then even in this season again
00:23 Body breaking down still a hell of a player
00:25 When he's available
00:28 When he's available if healthy if those always follow after then hell
00:33 Yeah made sense why the 49ers wanted to cut a trim off a little bit of his salary
00:37 Honestly a little bit when I heard that it's like, okay, maybe he would take it
00:43 He's made over 50 80 million his career. Maybe he does it. They'll still get paid a little bit amount
00:47 Um, but no he banked on himself. Sure enough. He's getting paid. He's gonna pay the same
00:51 I honestly he's probably getting paid more now. I know he's getting paid 1 million dollar less, but no state income tax
00:56 Things make it more now right at least or close to it close to it. Yeah, maybe oh I
01:01 Think it makes sense because the 49ers like look they couldn't they couldn't like stomach that number
01:05 I'm just a little shocked that they were still okay with that dead money
01:08 Because I remember like after like super all's over you start thinking like okay
01:11 What are players that they can move off of because salary cap, you know, they were kind of in salary cap hell, right?
01:16 They were they were above the limit going to free agency
01:18 Who's the number one player they can get rid of my head Eric Armstead?
01:21 But who the hell wants to take him when he's always hurt and that that number made no right?
01:25 Of course, you're not gonna we make the same case of like Oh trade you was saying well, you know what you can't cuz that
01:30 Came hat but they just did it with Eric Armstead. So I think now we can actually still talk about what?
01:35 Players being gone with that dead cap hit but Armstead like I just think banking on his availability really
01:41 Okay. Okay, but here's the thing though
01:44 Let's say it's interesting about it is the Niners are betting against him staying healthy
01:48 The Jaguars are betting on him staying healthy now. It's Trent Balky and he gets a little over
01:52 Eager with you
01:55 Like yeah, that's my pick I'm gonna bring him I like you see that guys that was a hit
01:59 You know these coaches and GM's be digging like that like he was a hit I can add him I can add that little arms
02:04 That trophy to my shelf about how many players I've drafted. I'm just the eagle things will attach them
02:09 Yeah, I would imagine
02:12 So if he plays and stays healthy
02:18 The Niners are gonna regret letting him go
02:20 Unless they're gonna create a bunch of cap space after June 1 if they use that on something to make the team better
02:28 Then that changes the equation
02:29 but I think what's rough about the way they got rid of Armstead is you you restructured his contract last year and
02:36 Put yourself in a position this year where you don't really get anything any savings that you can use
02:44 By cutting him so you found savings other ways and you brought guys in but you haven't made any like big-time moves
02:50 You lost a big-time player one healthy
02:53 You haven't made any big-time moves if he goes to Jacksonville and stays healthy. You you're gonna feel stupid or
02:57 maybe not stupid, but you're just gonna feel like
03:01 That's nice. That sucks
03:04 They pretty much rolling a dice saying look we think you're a fine player, but your arrows not pointing up
03:10 There's a chance you're gonna get worse and your body's getting worse
03:13 So that's why they rolled the dice and said hey
03:15 We want to take a pay cut or you can leave and they probably felt confident that he would take a pay cut
03:20 You know because he's pretty much not
03:22 full-time starter material in terms of health anymore. It feels like
03:25 Yeah, and so who do I think's right on this one?
03:29 49ers for exercising caution with a player who's been mostly injured the last two years or Trent balky
03:39 Guess I got to give the niners a benefit of the doubt on this one. I
03:41 Risk he's coming off a torn meniscus surgery. Yeah, I
03:47 Got to give the night as a benefit of doubt on this one
03:49 It's just too bad that like they restructured in last year. I could have told him that was a bad idea
03:54 He had plantar fasciitis at that point
03:57 Especially because he had plantar fasciitis the broken foot and the other thing. It's like Jesus man. This guy's got bad
04:02 Look, that's a red flag like he's gonna start getting bad luck. He's getting up there in age, you know
04:06 Which is kind of funny like his career is coming kind of coming full circle the first three years always injured
04:11 Then he had like a tremendous every game for like what another four years and now it's like back to well
04:17 Now he can't stay healthy again
04:19 That's a circle of life in the NFL boring
04:22 *outro*
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