Maybe. But the guy took less money to play for his for his home town, is now a bad thing? If a guy chases the money, he's selfish. If he takes less money, to play for home he's not a competitor. These guys can't win!
And he gets a shot against Dallas on the 29th. Payton and Brees will make sure he has a huge game.
Eh I wasn’t so much bashing him as stating fact. Also, if you chase money to a shitty team that is chasing money. If you take a good offer from the Pats or Steelers that’s maxing out your value AND going to a contender.
Did more info ever come out about why he was ejected? The slap at Andrews didn't seem ejection-worthy.
Head slaps are worthy of ejection per the current rules. McCarthy thinks that maybe that is too harsh, but said the rules are the rules and you simply can't retaliate.
I know, right? It's almost like he's saying there are other things of value in life besides money or reaching the pinnacle of professional success. What a quaint, ridiculous notion, eh?
Again, not bashing him. He just won’t be playing in January. Apparently playing for his home town team means more. Cool.
You are sort of making me hope that the Falcons beat the Pats in the bowl with all of this.
And it's not like he doesn't already have a ring, too. Sucks for the Pats, but not the end of the world and he gets to go home.
Career over. Not signing that 3/23 deal from Baltimore was so incredibly dumb.
Training on your own is so much different than going through a football practice at full speed. They said he was overweight and that can lead to injuries like his if he's not in football shape.
I don't know if he will really get more guaranteed than if he had just played under the tag this year.
Seriously. There are only four RBs on non-rookie-deals with guarantees exceeding $14.5 MM - Johnson (~$25MM), Gurley (~$22MM), Freeman (~$19MM), McCoy (~$18MM). Does Bell join them, after a year off, after seeing his replacement replace the bulk of his production?
Some team is going to luck into a great hire. I don’t love the guy but he is easily top 10 and probably higher.
He should still be the best RB in the free agent market by a mile, will only be 27, and with one year less wear and tear. I dunno, I think someone will pay him.
RBs age in dog years, so 27 isn’t exactly young. I definitely think he’s worth a lot of money still, but if you are an owner and you saw him do this once, wouldn’t you be worried about doling out 50+ million guaranteed to a guy who could just sit out or stop showing effort year 2 of the contract? There also has to be some concern that the Steelers OL has played a pretty big role, given what Conners is doing.
He also has two strikes on their drug policy. Next one is a one year suspension.
Jets should jump all over JH. JH should jump all over the Jets too. Darnold + $100m in cap room next year:
Cost himself 14+ mil and provided strong evidence for the notion that RB is the most easily replaceable position on the field. Does he have Jody Reed's agent?
