(12-13-2022, 12:15 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(12-13-2022, 09:57 AM)carp8dm Wrote: I'm not saying I have any insider information or anything...  But the smack they talked about Kyler just seems so suspect.  He plays video games in his off time so they put that in the contract?  You don't think that all these 20 year olds are playing video games?

ehh... whatever.  I'm just saying that even with all the video game playing, the dude took a 3 win team to the playoffs in 3 years.  And even after that, they still decided to make him look like a schmuck.  You'd think you'd want to praise a guy like that...

They're not flippantly putting that in the contract unless it's interfering with their expectations of how their face of the franchise #1 pick QB should be divvying up his "free time" and perhaps also his level of focus during preparation throughout the week.  I'm presuming they expect he spend some of his "free time" toward improving his game and they clearly weren't seeing that. No one's saying he can't play video games ever, but for some, gaming is an addiction and it can definitely interfere with other aspects of a person's life and career.  Nothing motivates a change in behavior quite like money.

I don't know how many professional jobs you've had.  But I've had to deal with a lot of [BLEEP] with people.  There are ways to get the message across within a contract/memo/write-up/Disclosure/etc.., without it being obviously embarrassing to the individual subject to the written document....

But again, whatever.  It's not like I really care.  I don't.  I'm not a Kyler Murray supporter or anything.

I just find the whole thing intersting in terms of who is baby faced and who is heeled within the NFL world.  Honestly, to think that Lamar Jackson isn't getting high and playing video any more than another QB is just silly to me.  

I'm kinda sorry that I brought it up, because now I'm playing "Devil's Advocate" over a discussion between 2 QBs that I honestly don't think are really any good.

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