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March 16, 2016After just seven games, five receptions, 53 yards and $9 million in guaranteed dollars, the Cleveland Browns have terminated the contract of wide receiver Dwayne Bowe.
In what will serve as one of the worst free agent additions this side of Donte Stallworth, the 2015 incarnation of the Browns front office1 thought they could avoid drafting a wide receiver, instead choosing to use free agency dollars to pick up a guy with a poor attitude who had not scored a touchdown in over a season. Bowe, who claimed he was ready to “fill the shoes” of suspended Pro Bowl receiver Josh Gordon, showed up to Browns camp in a bucket hat, pulled his hamstring, and would spend the entire 2015 campaign in then head coach Mike Pettine’s dog house.
Bowe’s deal guaranteed him $9 million which included his signing bonus, his 2015 base salary and $2.85 million of his 2016 salary, and he was to be an $8 million cap hit for this coming season. His $3.5 million bonus was paid out immediately, allowing him to spend considerable time in a Texas jewelry store with Johnny Manziel, but it will hurt the Browns over the life of his two-year deal, leading to $4.6 million in dead money for 2016.
Just minutes before the team announced Bowe’s termination, the wide receiver told ESPN that he was not made aware of any impending transactions, speaking volumes regarding his standing with the new regime. Given a perceived lack of work ethic, a poor attitude, and rumors of being a negative influence on younger players, this is the rare case where a rebuilding team with plenty of cap space aims to execute addition by subtraction.
At present time, Bowe marks the 11th player on the team’s 53-man roster from 2015 who will not be a part of the 2016 squad.2
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Now who saw that coming …
It’s all in the game yo…
First they came for the free agents looking for a big pay day and I said nothing. Then they came for the coked-up quarterback and still I said nothing. Then they came for the over-the-hill veterans….
When you consider bang for the buck, Bowe’s neck and neck with Keith Hernandez for Cleveland’s all-time “Take the Money and Snort Laugh Award.”
I mean, guys like Wayne Garland and LeCharles Bentley had honest to goodness injuries. Even Hawk Harrelson gave the slightest crap. Watching Bowe’s sideline demeanor sure made you think he truly enjoyed pulling serious benjamins just to get his body right and daydream about whatever comes next.
It appears this numbnuts wants to give them a run for their money.
https://twitter.com/JOSH_GORDONXII/status/710190322186190848
We have to excuse him. Flash might just be mourning the loss of a role model.
$1.8 million per catch.
Now, THAT’S Moneyball.
“NEXT !!!” …
This looks like Staph II: The Disinfecting Continues.
Sashi’s Hazmat team is sweeping the building and isolating everything that has Ray Farmer’s fingerprints on it. If it tests positive for the Dumbmove virus, they contain it and ship it off to the CDC.
AKA, The Walking Deadmoney
Gilbert’s next.
You come at the king, you best not miss.
Nothing at all to do with the post but it’s Omar, yo.
Nothing better than filling a dumpster…