Broncos Release RB Justin Fargas; Designate Tony Carter Waived/Injured

Still a little surprised but he hadn’t looked that good yet and they didn’t want to wait around. Gives him time to latch on elsewhere. And also means that Lance Ball has looked so good why bother with Fargas?

Not surprised by Tony Carter’s cut either. Too much solid depth in DBackfield for him to compete with, alas. Wish him luck.

I was afraid he wouldnt be able to get up after each play.

to be solid depth. Fargas may just have been too late to the party — not enough time to digest the playbook between now and the start of the season, or prove himself to the coaches. If he’d had another month or two in the program, maybe he would have competed a little better.

Josh Barrett was waived/injured… means he can go on injured reserve if he clears waivers???

Therefore he is subject to the waiver wire.

From the CBA

ARTICLE XXII

WAIVER SYSTEM

Section 1. Release:

(a) Whenever a player who has finished the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers between February 1 and the trading deadline, his contract will be considered terminated and the player will be completely free at any time thereafter to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with any Club, and any Club shall be completely free to negotiate and sign a Player Contract with such player, without penalty or restriction, including, but not limited to, Draft Choice Compensation between Clubs or First Refusal Rights of any kind, or any signing period. If the waivers occur after that time, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club. However, if such player is claimed and awarded, he shall have the option to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent at the end of the League Year in question if he has a no-trade clause in his Player Contract. If such player does not have a no-trade clause and the Player Contract being awarded through waivers covers more than one additional season, the player shall have the right to declare himself an Unrestricted Free Agent as set forth above at the end of the League Year following the League Year in which he is waived and awarded.

(b) Whenever a player who has finished less than the season in which his fourth year of credited service has been earned under the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Plan is placed on waivers, the player’s Player Contract will be subject to the waiver system and may be awarded to a claiming Club.

Section 2. Contact: Coaches or any other persons connected with another NFL Club are prohibited from contacting any player placed on waivers until such time as the player is released by the waiving Club.

Section 3. Ineligibility: Any NFL player who is declared ineligible to compete in a pre-season, regular season or post-season game because of a breach by any NFL Club by whom he is employed of waiver procedures and regulations, or any other provision of the NFL Constitution and Bylaws, will be paid the salary or other compensation which he would have received if he had not been declared ineligible, which, in any event, will be a minimum of one week’s salary and, when applicable, expense payments.

Section 4. Notice of Termination: The Notice of Termination form attached hereto as Appendix G will be used by all Clubs. If possible, the Notice of Termination will be personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team. If the Notice of Termination has not been personally delivered to the player prior to his departure from the team, the Notice of Termination will be sent to him by certified mail at his last address on file with the Club.

***Waiver system: The procedure by which a player’s contract or NFL rights are made available by his current team to other teams in the league. During the procedure, the 31 other teams either file a claim to obtain the player or waive the opportunity to do so, thus the term waiver. The claiming period is typically ten days during the off-season, but from early July through December, it lasts only 24 hours. If a player is claimed by two or more teams in this period, priority is based on the inverse won-lost standing of the teams. The team with the worst record has priority. If no team selects the player, he’s free to sign with any team, including his previous employer. If no one signs him, he is unemployed — technically fired from the NFL.

I believe it means the Broncos are releasing him but first they have to work out some sort of injury settlement because he was injured while signed with the team. I remember a similar scenario with Cecil Sapp a few years ago. Bsically Carter was cut but you can’t just cut an injured player there has to be some sort of setllement.

Released basically means the team has severed relations with the player and the player is free to seek employment elsewhere.

Waived puts them on the waiver wire, as kirk mentioned above. The effect is that each team starting from the worst in 2009 to the best has the opportunity to claim him. If no-one claims him, the Broncos would be free to do something like place him on the practice squad. John did a great article on the waiver system just a week or so ago.

wow, he was projected in rd 4 if I recall…but if he cant make the bills with a putrid O-line there, not sure he can help us. Maybe he wanted no part of the Bills.

Or would he be an exception to this pattern?