Any Interest in Stanford Routt??

[SkinsGuru]

Source (PFT):

the Kansas City Chiefs just cut Stanford Routt stating he was taking to long to fully grasp the defense there . . . that being said, he is better than most if not all of our CB's . . . take a shot?? . . . I would!!

Notes:

Vann McElroy, Routt’s agent, told the Kansas City Star he didn’t see the release coming and isn’t sure why it happened.

“I’m still trying to figure it out,” McElroy said. “It’s a weird situation.”

Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said that Routt wasn’t getting acclimated to the Chiefs’ defense as quickly as the team had hoped, but McElroy found it surprising that the Chiefs would give up on a player they just gave a $4.2 million signing bonus in March.

“I know they’re 1-7, and they’re looking for reasons . . . I have no clue what happened,” said McElroy. “I’ve got a call in to Scott [Pioli]. I talked to Stanford, and he’s about as surprised and shocked and down as one can be. He doesn’t totally understand it either.”

Although things didn’t work out in Kansas City, Routt had started seven games before the Chiefs cut him, and he was a starter the last two years in Oakland, too. A cornerback who’s good enough to start doesn’t become available in the middle of a season very often. So as big a surprise as it was that the Chiefs cut Routt, it will be an even bigger surprise if he remains unemployed for long.

Thoughts??

[Seafin77]

Definitely take a look at him. Hell, at this point start scouting local playgrounds and hold a free agent tryout!! Maybe too late in the season to do that but never too late to scout. Bobby Beathard used to scout colleges no one ever heard of and found talent that way.

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[bgordon]

Certainly worth a look. I also would like to see Crawford get a shot; he played well enough in preseason to make the team, and only a few snaps so far. With the play of our secondary, why not see how he responds.

[BamaSkins]

When i saw he was cut a couple of days ago i wanted him here. I mean how bad would it be for us. our CBs suck!! lol

[bfauble83]

Sign him, if he is awful who cares? He will have until next preseason to learn the defense.

[Blog So Hard]

There isn't much he would need to grasp on our defense. He should be pretty good at letting guys run by him and getting open...at least that seems to be our defensive philosophy so far this year.

[PennSkinsFan]

If he can breathe, is not confined to a wheelchair, and has the CB come before his name, sign him.

[BamaSkins]

We worked out 3 DBs and this guy was not one of them. Ah well. currently he is probably the best FA DB out there(that is not saying much tho) so i dont see why they dont bring him in for a tryout.

[SkinsGuru]

We worked out 3 DBs and this guy was not one of them. Ah well. currently he is probably the best FA DB out there(that is not saying much tho) so i dont see why they dont bring him in for a tryout.

Agreed . . . IMO he would be our best DB or right there with Josh Wilson anyway . . .

[ISF]

Hard seeing a player from a 1-7 team helping us.