Brandon Fields release by Dolphins leads to reactions, questions

The first round of NFL roster cuts typically includes players who were long-shots at best to make the roster in the first place. They do not usually include the release of a player who was in the Pro Bowl just two years earlier and was 11th in the league in any major statistical category the previous season. That's what the Miami Dolphins did today with the release of veteran punter Brandon Fields, who averaged 46.3 yards per kick last year. The release of Fields came as a surprise, with the team choosing to use undrafted rookie Matt Darr over Fields this year. As with any surprise, the reactions quickly began pouring (and still are) all over Twitter.

@thephinsider Eh. We'll be good enough there will be no punting. Punting's for sissies!

— James Ayres (@RealJamesEAyres) September 1, 2015

Thanks for the memories @b_fields2. #StrongerTogether https://t.co/wbmNABoZLi

— Luis (@Cero_Cinco) September 1, 2015

Ah shit.... https://t.co/CGxlM78HDf

— Big Brotha Bud (@kodiclub) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins you guys will regret cutting Brandon fields!

— GOMEZ (@thisisSamGomez) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins letting Fields go is going to bite you in the ass. That man is a weapon. Dumb move. Stronger together? You just got weaker.

— Scott McDonald (@SPMcDonald) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins The team will rue the day they released Brandon Fields. He was arguably the best player on the team.

— . (@LittleSEBASTlAN) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins you think you guys would learn after the cut Carpenter

— Moose (@yusef_moose) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins Brandon Fields?!?!? Why?!?!....you Communists!

— Trickkman! (@TristanRickman) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins WHAT??? @b_fields2 is one of the best punters in history! Did we really have to? We'd better be going for it on 4th and 1...

— Joey Espinosa (@therealjoelinux) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins WHAT!!!! Really!!! Why!!! Not fields!!! Bad move smh

— Christian (@N501MAN) September 1, 2015

@MiamiDolphins - THANK YOU to Brandon Fields- You have been one of the most consistently good players for the Dolphins in recent years.

— Barry Young (@byoung39) September 1, 2015