Well, you first have to actually prove that you are worth your contract. Second, maybe don't complain constantly about low snap counts when you are playing like shit. Seems pretty obvious.
He also stated that in his "November meeting" with the DC, he was "told some things I didn't want to hear". I have a feeling that they were basically telling him to shut up about snap counts and were telling him that he would be coming off the bench. Who knows how that conversation went after that, but it must have gotten spicy enough that they just dropped his ass. I wonder if we will ever get the full story here.
We will still have to pay him for the remainder of this season, but next season is where we actually start saving money, even with his dead cap amount. So, basically he got released a few months earlier than expected.
Now, if a team actually claimed him, the colts would save that 6.1M, since another team would be taking on the remaining contract, which no one is going to do. We literally made him the highest paid LB in 2021, and he is an absolute shell of himself. A contender might go after him after he clears waivers, but I really am not sure he sticks on a team. My best guess would be that the Cowboys grab him to try to fill in for Vander Esch. Our defense and theirs is very similar, so he could get some snaps right away.