(08-08-2017, 10:50 AM)knarnn Wrote:

(08-08-2017, 09:18 AM)FBT Wrote: It doesn't hurt anything to let him come back to camp.  Odds are he realized that stroking a check for $3.4 million was less appealing than getting back on the field.  So, the team should let him come back and compete for a roster spot.  If he's serious, he'll earn one.  If this is just a way of avoiding having tor return that money, he'll  end up released before the season starts.

Well that sounds good in theory but I'm truly on the fence on this one. This guy has shown us his true colors from the moment OTA's began. I'm not all that confident that if he's allowed to come back that he doesn't "pull a hamstring" in hopes of not having to play and getting cut or traded all the while collecting the money he un-retired for. Either way he avoids the field and gets his way. The only way I would allow him back is a real commitment to the team by restructuring his contract so the Jags can protect themselves. But we all know he won't agree to that.

There's no way to trust any verbal commitment this guy might make.  I see it like this.  He screwed the team because he never wanted to play here, but had no say in where Miami traded him.  He decides to sit out voluntary practices as he tries to press the team to give him a new contract.  The team doesn't flinch, and no deal is made.  He shows up out of shape and ill-prepared for mandatory practices.  He decides to retire when camp starts, only to do a take back when he most likely realized he'd have to pay back a portion of his bonus.  So, the team should let him return, let him run with the scrubs for the remainder of training camp, let him take all the late game reps with the scrubs in the preseason.  If he gets injured, so be it.  Release him on the day teams have to get down to the final 53.  Not a moment before.

The guy screwed the team.  This is how they return the favor.  Releasing him now would only be a win for him as he'd have time to hook up with another team before the start of the season.  He won't be much of a commodity on cut down day.  No team is going to snap him up and pay the guaranteed money, so there won't be any trade happening.  If he's lucky, he'll land somewhere for league minimum as a backup.

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