Beasley may find a cold market because of his vaxx status (negative). Plenty of coaches and GMs overtly proclaimed that this would “play a factor” in their roster decisions last year, back when this sort of discrimination was particularly encouraged. It’s one thing for a veteran vaxx holdout to stick with his team, but it’s another thing for him to go out job-hunting. Can Newton folded fast (or at least bought a fake card) to re-sign in the league; Beasley has much less leverage than even a replacement starting quarterback.
It only takes one local hack journalist to make national headlines by writing some blather about how Cole is a danger to the public and a clubhouse distraction. No one remembers the name of the fat slob who declared he wouldn’t vote Aaron Rodgers for MVP, but his article became a multi-week story. Plenty of franchises would shy away from that attention, all the more so if one of their decision-makers is high on his morale horse over vaxx mandates.
Of course, age and “declining production” will be accepted as the rationale.