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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: September 2, 2009
Branch has played in only 33 of 47 possible games in that time, and the Hawks have paid him $22.5 million for the meager production (average of 44 catches, 599 yards and four touchdowns per season).
Ruskell certainly should have told Branch to take a pay cut from the $4.94 million he will make in 2009, but simply cutting the receiver now would be stupid.
For one, the Hawks would save a mere $140,000 against the salary cap ($4.8 million in bonus proration would accelerate to 2009).
But bigger than that, why would the Hawks cut a talented guy who has shown the ability to make plays when he has been healthy?
It’s pretty funny that so many people are yammering that the Seahawks need keep only five receivers for Greg Knapp’s offense. Does no one remember what happened in 2008?
For those with short-term memory loss, here&r...
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