Donald Butler Isnt Very Good

[6025]

Did Butler get hurt on the block by Manning? I know Peyton felt the collision but I saw Butler on the field after the play was over. Any updates?

He did get injured but I think (based on the footage I saw after the game) it wasn't the Manning hit that injured Butler, but the following hit from the pile that he ran into. They said it was a wrist injury.

[SDFan]

with all the talk of cutting Donald Brown for not playing up to his contract or not re-signing Mathews because of injuries, I wonder how much it would cost us to cut Butler?

[TTK]

with all the talk of cutting Donald Brown for not playing up to his contract or not re-signing Mathews because of injuries, I wonder how much it would cost us to cut Butler?

He got $11.5 million guaranteed (signing bonus) so I believe they can cut him after this season and the $9.27 million cap hit is accelerated, which can be split into two years just like Meachem and Gaither were so it would be $4.635 million cap hit for 2015 and 2016.

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Donald Butler signed a 7 year contract extension with the San Diego Chargers on March 1, 2014. The total value of the contract is $51.8 million and it contains a $11.15 million signing bonus. In 2016 the Chargers must decide to pick up an option on Butler. The option is worth $12 million. If they fail to exercise the option the 2017 thru 2020 years of the contract will void. Butler can also earn escalators in the final years of the deal. Base salaries of the contract are $750,000(2014), $3,250,000(2015), $4,650,000(2016), $4,000,000(2017), $4,650,000(2018), $5,350,000(2019), and $6,000,000(2020).

[Formula 21]

Save the cap hit, he'd make a good backup.

[richpjr]

He is also injury prone:

Eric Williams @eric_d_williams 21m21 minutes ago
Mike McCoy confirmed Donald Butler suffered a dislocated elbow. He's a possible IR candidate.

[thelightningwill]

He got $11.5 million guaranteed (signing bonus) so
I believe they can cut him after this season and the $9.27 million cap hit is accelerated, which can be split into two years just like Meachem and Gaither were so it would be $4.635 million cap hit for 2015 and 2016.

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Donald Butler signed a 7 year contract extension with the San Diego Chargers on March 1, 2014. The total value of the contract is $51.8 million and it contains a $11.15 million signing bonus. In 2016 the Chargers must decide to pick up an option on Butler. The option is worth $12 million. If they fail to exercise the option the 2017 thru 2020 years of the contract will void. Butler can also earn escalators in the final years of the deal. Base salaries of the contract are $750,000(2014), $3,250,000(2015), $4,650,000(2016), $4,000,000(2017), $4,650,000(2018), $5,350,000(2019), and $6,000,000(2020).

What the fuck were the Chargers thinking? He was never worth that.

[TTK]

Save the cap hit, he'd make a good backup.

A very expensive backup, as he is scheduled to make $3.25 million next year. Unless it turns out he's really toxic in the locker room or something, I think he'll stick around for another year since cutting him only saves $800k or so in cap space.

I wonder what they're going to do with the RB position. I can't see Mathews coming back even at a good price. He has crazy talent but just misses too many games. Donald Brown is scheduled to make $3 million next year. He's not worth that either. They can cut him and take a $2.16 million cap hit.

I like TT's draft picks so far but he needs to step it up big time with his signings.

[Formula 21]

It's pretty apparent that the draft is not enough to accumulate enough talent to make a SB run. There have to be strategic FA signings of high quality starters to improve the squad. With cap hell being over, we'll see if the Spani will shell out the money.

[thelightningwill]

A very expensive backup, as he is scheduled to make $3.25 million next year. Unless it
turns out he's really toxic in the locker room or something, I think he'll stick around for another year since cutting him only saves $800k or so in cap space.

I wonder what they're going to do with the RB position. I can't see Mathews coming back even at a good price. He has crazy talent but just misses too many games. Donald Brown is scheduled to make $3 million next year. He's not worth that either. They can cut him and take a $2.16 million cap hit.

I like TT's draft picks so far but he needs to step it up big time with his signings.

I don't like the draft picks. Too injury prone. And some just haven't been good. Allen is probably the best pick, but even he hasn't been good with consistency. I can't think of another era in which wide receivers have been this bad at getting open. Fluker is overrated. I'm trying to think of another draft pick who plays in many games. Maybe Watt? Looks like he might still need time on the practice squad.

[TTK]

I don't like the draft picks. Too injury prone. And some just haven't been good. Allen is probably the best pick, but even he hasn't been good with consistency. I can't think of another era in which wide receivers have been this bad at getting open. Fluker is overrated. I'm trying to think of another draft pick who plays in many games. Maybe Watt? Looks like he might still need time on the practice squad.

There are so many issues with the o-line this year without Hardwick and Clary in there it's hard to single out Fluker or Watt. Watt is playing a position he's never done before and Fluker just may need someone better next to him than Troutman or maybe he needs to be moved inside (though he had a great game yesterday against Von Miller). I'd like to see Watt moved back to guard.

Verrett has obvious great talent and it's too early to call him a Ryan Mathews. Carrethers looks like he could be a late round gem. Attouchu is a raw player and needs more time to develop but he's showing flashes that should excite people. Look at how long it's taken Ingram to finally take off and he was a much more polished player. The only pick that looks like a true scrub is Tourek Williams but he was a late round pick so no big deal there.

[Bolt-O]

What the fuck were the Chargers thinking? He was never worth that.

He was the only prominent ILB who was on the pending free agency list. Butler hasn't played to the value of the contract, but Telesco went for the devil he knew, vs. someone else out there.

[TTK]

What the fuck were the Chargers thinking? He was never worth that.

If he had played at the level he had been in the past, it wouldn't have been a bad contract.