Galloway sure, he was injured basically all last year and did nothing. Hilliard and Dunn are nice pieces, but don't do nearly what they used to, though I'm sure Dunn will garner some interest in free agency. And June was decent for a LB, but guys like Quincy Black and Gerald Hayes might be able to replace him.
But cutting Derrick Brooks? The team claims the decision was made, as with Dunn, Hilliard, and Galloway, to get the team younger. So you want to cut a few injury plagued WRs, sure. But to cut your star 11 time Pro Bowl, 9 time All Pro, 2002 Defensive Player of the Year, 216+ consecutive starts, heart of your defense ROLB? Why in the world would you do that? Oh yeah, he's also heavily involved in community charity work and was a co winner of the 2000 Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
I understand trying to get younger. But you don't cut your leadership, and you especially don't cut your stars. And on a Buccaneers team that really doesn't have a whole lot unless Cadillac Williams gets good again, I really don't get this choice. But then again, they're the same people who franchised Antonio Bryant, so I guess I don't get anything this franchise is doing lately.
I wish Brooks the best in his next stop, and particuarly hope that it is in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Browns are LB desperate and he'd look damn pretty in orange and brown.
