(10-04-2019, 06:08 PM)JagJohn Wrote: 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.

Someone here said it before; he's dug himself a hole he can't get out of. 

Maybe he saw what AB did and thought he could get out of here in a similar fashion- though not quite as nutty. He thought he'd get better trade value from teams and didn't expect Khan to be his stumbling block. Nothing is working out like he thought it would and now he's stuck. Either way this goes as you described, he looks like a chump. 

I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt even  though I didn't agree with his reasoning, but no more.  If he's not willing to play he needs to go on that list that keeps him on the roster but forbids him to be anywhere around the team or the facility for the rest of the season. Pretty much everything he has said from not wanting to be a distraction to being there for his guys is bull dung. I'm tired of his crap.

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