Originally posted by Hoovtrain:Seems odd they wouldn't at least try to restructure before cutting. Not exactly a lot of proven WRs on this team
It was reported at the combine that we were already in talks with our players, and while I know that mainly pertains to the free agents, as you can see around the league, teams have been talking to their other players too trying to work out deals. We don't know that they didn't try to restructure. My guess is they actually did.
But even if they didn't, I'm not sure Stevie did enough to warrant bringing back at whatever the price the 49ers think he would've been willing to drop down to. I don't think Stevie would've accepted a paycut below $4 million, and even still that's a lot for a receiver who had a down year in 2013, and then only 400+ yards with us while logging I believe the 2nd most snaps out of all the receivers.