The one thing that gives me pause is that it seems too ridiculous to be true. If he is faking an injury, and that becomes obvious, his teammates will turn against him, and his reputation in the league will be forever tarnished. I'm sure some teams will overlook it because talent always wins out, but faking an injury is something that is still a big taboo in the league. It can only hurt his market value.

Trying to justify it by saying he's had back problems his entire career is really odd too. If it's true, why would you share that information that would clearly lower your market value. If not true, again his reputation takes a beating.

Basically, his words and actions do not add up. If he doesn't want to play for the jags again he would do better to just say it. Obviously it would piss off many people, but he'd at least still be respected as a man. Somewhere along the line Jalen is getting some terrible advice. Or he's just singing to his own tune. Either way, doesn't seem logical at all.

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