I've been thinking the same. To be honest, I thought he needed another 50+ goal year to even be a consideration to retain at the end of 2013 and by the end, the decision to part ways with him seemed as straightforward to me as the decision on Josh Hunt. I was glad that Adelaide picked him up, but 100 games isn't looking like a formality for Pods now. He might not play every week now, but I find it hard to believe that they'll drop him, while Lynch and Walker are still out (which could be a month or more of his spot not being under scrutiny, until Lynch gets back, then if he can get a couple of twos and maybe a 3-4 in that time, he's probably safe until Walker gets back about mid-year). They'd probably love to put the acid on him, but dropping him means they'd have to put their faith in Jenkins/McKernan/Johnston. Jenkins wasn't picked and McKernan/Johnston were rubbish as well.
So, he'll get games out of necessity for the moment (which will probably get him to 90 at least until he starts to feel some serious pressure) and, following that, he's got two things in his favour: a two-year contract and that he'll no doubt have the backing of Sanderson, having had a pretty long working relationship with him. I expect he'll grind it out to 95-odd by the end of this year and then a few as an emergency in 2015, along with a farewell game or two, which will hopefully get him over the line.