Chiefs release Brandon Flowers
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I hope he does. He's very overrated IMO.
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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...randon-flowers-released-by-kansas-city-chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs have seen enough of Brandon Flowers.
The cornerback confirmed Friday that he's been released by the team through his Twitter account:
The team later confirmed the release of the former Pro Bowl cover man.
Around The League will have more soon.
The Kansas City Chiefs have seen enough of Brandon Flowers.
The cornerback confirmed Friday that he's been released by the team through his Twitter account:
The team later confirmed the release of the former Pro Bowl cover man.
Around The League will have more soon.
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Flowers isnt even close to overrated. He's consistently been a top 5 cover corner every year and definitely one of the best zone corners. Besides last year, where he was out of water in that scheme along with a suffering from a knee injury, he's been awesome. If you watched him play at all, that would be obvious. At least to me.
I don't know if he is a fit here, not sure exactly what Williams runs, but he would be a great addition if our scheme fits. I would hate if the 49ers got him, because he can and has shut down many WRs. He's definitely one of the best.
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Well, I believe in order to be considered one of the best in the game, you should do everything really well. He was great in zone coverage, but when they lined him up man to man, he was very mediocre. Is a good corner? Sure. But he's not somebody I would be scared to go up against week to week.
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He's a very good player in my opinion, but can't stay healthy. In his best season which was in 2011, he had like 54 combined tackles, 5 INT's, 2 TD's, and 14 passes defended in 14 games.
Last year he only played 12 games and had almost 50 tackles, 2 INT's, and 9 passes defended. So I mean his production hasn't really fallen off... it's still there. It's just his health that is the problem.
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The Detroit Free Press reports the Lions had "legitimate concerns" about whether free agent CB Chris Houston (toe surgery) would ever return to form before releasing him on Friday.
Houston underwent "major" toe surgery in May -- his second operation of the offseason -- and reportedly has a degenerative condition in the foot. Per beat writer Dave Birkett, the Lions fear "Houston's career was essentially over." Houston's agent predictably stated Friday that Houston should "make a full recovery" and play football in 2014. The rest of the NFL will determine that.
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Jun 13 - 4:33 PM
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Hes good in man, just not the best. Cant use him in press like they were doing against big receivers, just not his game. Let him play 3-5 yards off and hes pretty good in man. He can play press man in the slot though, which is where we would use him. So while I understand what youre saying, hes not bad enough for me to consider him overrated. He definitely can hold his own against the best in man, like he has done in his career. I would say he would still be the best man corner on our roster.
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I guess the term "overrated" would be taking it too far to describe him as a player. I do agree with your assessment, he can follow his man pretty well, I just don't think the Chiefs would have released him if he was a top 5 corner, which a lot of analysts believe he is.
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Meh.... Pass
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IF ... the Rams have the cap space, I would take a flier on Flowers. One thing that IS sorely lacking in our secondary, it is experience. He has talent and is not very old or injury plagued.
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Like others have already said, guy got beaten like a drum after the Chiefs went man heavy, with William's coming it with a man heavy scheme he's all but worthless to the Rams.
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Brandon Flowers in many ways disappointed in 2013. Although Brandon was third on the Chiefs with 68 tackles, he missed 3 games, intercepted a career low 1 pass, and defended a career low 8 passes. Profootball Focus rated Brandon -5.9 overall and -9.8 in coverage. That being said, I wouldn't surprised if the 49'ers picked some faded June Flowers.