(09-28-2021, 10:13 PM)TheDuke007 Wrote:

(09-28-2021, 04:33 PM)Mikey Wrote: To answer your hyperbole, no, I wouldn't trade Etienne away solely because of injury. I wouldn't have and didn't say the only reason Henderson was traded was due to injury.

If Etienne pulls a CJ/Jalen/Yannick and basically says poop on yous guys I ain't playin, you darn right I send his hiney packing too.

So if you spend the next two seasons trying to get CJ's head straight, or his desire to play on a perennial loser, or his enjoyment of the game back, and it never works, what have you gained? What have you missed out on, both in trade capital and time you could have been focusing on the guys that are actually pushing to improve and form this team's future?

If this were a sprained ankle or bum shoulder, sure. Take some time. See if you can recover and get back to form. That's not what was at play here and we all know it. Don't play dumb.

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First, the initial message that I replied to was you making a statement that Henderson's track record of injuries made him "useless".  There was no mention of him being a head case in that message.  You brought up this secondary argument in a reply.  It appears that you have now reversed your initial statement that I was criticising.  Great.  We both agree that it is foolish to dump a top 10 draft pick because of injuries after only 1 season and 3 games.  

As far as being a head case, I'm not a big believer in analyzing body language.  I heard some criticizing Meyer for being stoic while losing big in the Houston game.  Some people just aren't emotional.  Even if Henderson does suffer from some type of depression or anti-social disorder, get him some psychiatric help.  We don't need someone to be the life of a party.  We need as many good football players as possible.  Even at his current level of play, I considered him our best cornerback.  He's only played 10 regular season games at a position that is very difficult to learn.  He's likely to improve and perhaps significantly.  If so, we'll be kicking ourselves for making this deal.  Even if the worst were to happen and we missed out on trade value by waiting, I wouldn't lose much sleep over it.  Dan Arnold is just a guy.  Moving from the top of the fifth round to the bottom of the third round is very minor compensation to lose a starter with upside potential.  We got to give our early draft picks a chance to develop if we ever want to be a winning team.

Quote:The kid may have potential. But the fact that he spent as much time off the field as on renders that potential useless.

I never attributed his time off field solely to injury, that's your insinuation. The documented combination of injury, malaise, or outside distractions have hindered his ability last season, this offseason and so far this year to stay on the field.

I've said it before. When he was on, he was great to have in the secondary. When he was not, we were left searching to pick up the slack he left behind. After a while of no-shows, every boss has to start weighing whether it's worth it to keep the employee on the schedule. If the coaches found him to be unreliable as to when he was going to bring his game, I fully understand why they chose to move on.

My statement was simple - if you are unreliable, your potential eventually isn't enough to keep you around.

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