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TheDMG · 07-24-2009, 05:08 AM

Actually I had this happen to me once and I had full control of everything (first thing I checked when it happened.) I had just traded for Alonzi Simms during the middle of my rookie signing period. The second I signed Selvin Lankford (the #15 pick that year), Alonzi Simms was immediately released. Simms was on his rookie contract as a second round pick and when I checked Salary Cap Status it showed me with about 8 million free, which couldn't have been freed up by releasing Simms because of a cap overage. It boggled my mind, as well as pissing me off because I liked having Simms on his rookie contract and he refused to sign a new contract for the next year and a half (might have gone longer if not for an accidental game deletion) forcing me to franchise him when he still should have been on that rookie deal. 'Twas my only ill memory of that franchise.

07-24-2009, 05:08 AM	#4
TheDMG Rookie OVR: 4 Join Date: Sep 2008	Re: Cutting players after signing a draft pick? Actually I had this happen to me once and I had full control of everything (first thing I checked when it happened.) I had just traded for Alonzi Simms during the middle of my rookie signing period. The second I signed Selvin Lankford (the #15 pick that year), Alonzi Simms was immediately released. Simms was on his rookie contract as a second round pick and when I checked Salary Cap Status it showed me with about 8 million free, which couldn't have been freed up by releasing Simms because of a cap overage. It boggled my mind, as well as pissing me off because I liked having Simms on his rookie contract and he refused to sign a new contract for the next year and a half (might have gone longer if not for an accidental game deletion) forcing me to franchise him when he still should have been on that rookie deal. 'Twas my only ill memory of that franchise.