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ElCee/LC/El Cid
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I started to write a reply to this but then I realized I could just use the ol' @PFTCommenter image
Meh... the players are saying it. Michael Bennett and Marshawn Lynch being two of the latest to levy the charge. Also, being the posterboy (or being seen as the "leader") of a controversy sometimes draws harsher treatment than being a simple participant. You know that.
Anyway, since they work for the NFL and I don't, I'm willing to give their take a little cred... moreso than people outside the NFL speculating. In any case, it seems clear to me that he's not signed, because he sucks AND he has all that protest baggage attached to him. Just like Tebow... he wasn't passed over because of the religious circus he brings... he was passed over because he sucks AND carries a religious circus with him. If either of those guys didn't have the baggage, they'd be passable as mediocre backups. But you don't want a circus/controversy along with a mediocre player... its just not worth the hassle.
Also, you don't "hate to criticize the BLM people"... not remotely
Similar to how the Saints cheated the Packers out of the NFC Championship from all those illegal hits on Brett Farve,
I disagree with "most." It's pretty easy when you describe it as "settle" and you're talking among fans of teams with serious championship histories. But the reality is that "most" teams suck, have sucked, and understand that they probably will continue to suck. Present those owners with an "Andy Reid situation," (ie over the next fifteen years you'll have way more seasons in the playoffs than out, many by division title and including super bowl runs, though no super bowl wins) and I think there'd be far more who would take the deal than wouldn't.
The 49ers think they are a championship franchise because they are as deluded by history as the Cowboys. The Squawks could turn down Andy Reid legitimately, but in about five years when they are looking back at their half decade wonder (small cut above one hit wonder) experience they'll wish they hadn't. The Rams barely remember the greatest show on turf, and when they trotted out Vince Farragamo LA gave a collective 'who's that old guy?" They would leap at the chance to be a consistent winner, and the Cardinals might too.