So you honestly think that was an isolated occasion, as opposed to an example of a behavioral pattern?
Patriots release former 1st rounder Dominique Easley
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I'm not, it sounds like his knees are shot and he has serious attitude problems.
Former teammate (anonymously) calls Easley "a lockeroom cancer":
Sounds like he had all the hallmarks of a quick ticket out of Foxboro.
I might be off base but this kinda shakes my respect of the team.
With Hernandez I assumed that the "Signs" were kept hidden.
With Jones I assumed that this was an "Isolated incident"
(and Spikes, and Moss towards the end)
Now with Easley(I'M NOT OMITTING SOMETHING, I AM A GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION DUMMY)
I give them credit for cutting ties(A DUMMY OF GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION)(eventually)
But I am starting to wonder(A PUNCTUATIONAL WONDERMENT OF DUMBNESS)how much did they know and put up with? Sure BB is constantly making risk vs reward decisions and it was now that he didnt like the equation(PUNCTUATION, THY NAME IS DUMBSTICAL)but Like many fans I drank the coolaid that "The Pats would never put up with this shit(WELCOME TO DUMBSHITVILLE, POPLULATION:GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION)thats part of what makes them great on the field".
Well they did(MY NEW LAWFIRM IS TITLED DUMMY, DUMMY, DUMMY & PUNCTUATION)and do(DID I MENTION MY PROFICIENCY IN PUNCTUATION DUMBFUCKERY?)and will (BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DUMB PUNCTUATION USAGE) and for players that are not that great.
Does that make them worse then anyone else? No(I'M LOOKING INTO GRADUATE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WHY NOT?)but I assumed (naively) that they were better, if even slightly. Their record was part of the proof.
Kinda "earth shattering" for lack of a better term
With Hernandez I assumed that the "Signs" were kept hidden.
With Jones I assumed that this was an "Isolated incident"
(and Spikes, and Moss towards the end)
Now with Easley(I'M NOT OMITTING SOMETHING, I AM A GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION DUMMY)
I give them credit for cutting ties(A DUMMY OF GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION)(eventually)
But I am starting to wonder(A PUNCTUATIONAL WONDERMENT OF DUMBNESS)how much did they know and put up with? Sure BB is constantly making risk vs reward decisions and it was now that he didnt like the equation(PUNCTUATION, THY NAME IS DUMBSTICAL)but Like many fans I drank the coolaid that "The Pats would never put up with this shit(WELCOME TO DUMBSHITVILLE, POPLULATION:GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION)thats part of what makes them great on the field".
Well they did(MY NEW LAWFIRM IS TITLED DUMMY, DUMMY, DUMMY & PUNCTUATION)and do(DID I MENTION MY PROFICIENCY IN PUNCTUATION DUMBFUCKERY?)and will (BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DUMB PUNCTUATION USAGE) and for players that are not that great.
Does that make them worse then anyone else? No(I'M LOOKING INTO GRADUATE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WHY NOT?)but I assumed (naively) that they were better, if even slightly. Their record was part of the proof.
Kinda "earth shattering" for lack of a better term
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OK. But I guess thats part of my point. There must be something more here. Being a dink is something that maybe you can live with for the life of his rookie contract considering the promise.
They didnt.
So where there is smoke there is likely to be fire. And IF (big if) there is fire (IE Bigger issue) I doubt it popped up in the last 3 weeks. Especially considering reports now streaming out about his Gainesville days. So they put up with it for 2 years.
Who knows maybe I should still give them credit. If this was the Cowboys he would still be on the team.
Michael Giardi @MikeGiardi 20m20 minutes ago
One Patriot player telling me "Easley never fit. Never tried to fit." Then he made a noise. Good riddance? "Yep."
Michael Giardi @MikeGiardi 18m18 minutes ago
Another Patriot said simply of Easley, "strange dude."
Michael Giardi @MikeGiardi 13m13 minutes ago
Worth mentioning Easley chose not to be with team at Super Bowl his rookie year and told one teammate he didn't care if they won or lost
Easley went unclaimed on waivers.
You'd think that there were some bad defensive teams that would grab him rather than risk having to compete for him on the open market, but maybe his reputation is just that bad.
You'd think that there were some bad defensive teams that would grab him rather than risk having to compete for him on the open market, but maybe his reputation is just that bad.
The lesson, as always, is if you can't make it in the Patriots clubhouse you will cost yourself millions and might want to start planning your next career. Easley probably cost himself millions.
Maybe it's time to move on from UF guys.
Mike Reiss ESPN New England Patriots reporter
The Patriots have released defensive tackles Chris Jones and Ishmaa'ily Kitchen on Friday. Jones is a fourth-year player who missed all of last season due to injury and was scheduled to earn $1.67 million in 2016. He was considered a top candidate to replace the recently released Dominque Easley, but the club might have viewed his salary as too rich based in part on him coming off a serious calf injury.
The Patriots have released defensive tackles Chris Jones and Ishmaa'ily Kitchen on Friday. Jones is a fourth-year player who missed all of last season due to injury and was scheduled to earn $1.67 million in 2016. He was considered a top candidate to replace the recently released Dominque Easley, but the club might have viewed his salary as too rich based in part on him coming off a serious calf injury.
Howe with a new angle on this:
PFT surmises it might be Gronk who shares the same agent (Rosenhaus, against whom I wouldn't put anything past).
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/2016/04/patriots_leader_vouches_for_dominique_easley_s_characther_work_ethic
PFT surmises it might be Gronk who shares the same agent (Rosenhaus, against whom I wouldn't put anything past).
The Patriots must pay him $1million + next year, guaranteed, if he is home watching 16 games like the rest of us. The cap cost of cutting him exceeded the cost of keeping. If there was one transaction that had zero to do with finances, cap wise or otherwise, cutting him was that.
Got it. Should not start too early on weekends. Sorry crys. Should make no assumptions based on thread title either.
I'm not reading between the lines very well on this one. Part of the mention here is he wasn't following the team trainers/medical advice. He was off in Germany getting treatment. What are the odds he was getting the Kobe 'miracle' treatment on his knees? And if so, why would the team be opposed to that?
