(08-27-2019, 11:31 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(08-27-2019, 10:43 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I believe in keeping your word. The team's whole season depends on him. If you tell the team you are "in" for this year, I don't believe in quitting a week before the season starts. You can sit out as many games as it takes to fully recover. That is fully understandable, but to just give up a week before the season is wrong. With that said, if the team knew he was considering retirement months ago, they should've been looking for a reliable backup QB. Brissett isn't it.

Did you even watch his press conference (obviously you didn't)? I keep seeing people comment their opinions on this matter, but it's obvious they didn't even take the 20 minutes to watch/listen to his press conference for an explanation from his own mouth.. He clearly says that he didn't think about retirement, or talk to the team about it until 1 1/2 - 2 weeks ago. Where you/other people keep coming up with this "the team knew for months/since March" is nothing but bull [BLEEP].

He clearly said that this calf/lower leg/ankle injury isn't something new. It's multiple different things going on in that leg and hes been dealing with it for quite awhile now (going back to last season) and hoped it would get better throughout the off season etc. It's obvious that it just kept getting worse (likely because he simply needs rest/time to heal and you don't have that amount of time in the NFL) which is why he started thinking/talking with the team about retirement 2 weeks ago.

And what reliable QB are they going to find 1 month - 2 weeks before the season starts? It's easy to say, "just find a better player 4Head", but that's not reality, especially at that/this time of the year. Teams go years without finding a decent QB with endless amounts of time/planning/drafting and you're out here acting like they can just find some guy within 2 weeks notice.

Brissett gives them the best chance and he deserves another chance honestly. Not saying it's a good option, but it's their best option. Roll the dice with him this season and address the position next off season.