(12-13-2022, 12:20 PM)carp8dm Wrote:

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

Fair point, but it's also why I say they don't put that in there flippantly.   It's clearly been a problem in their eyes, and I would put odds on it that they discussed this with him multiple times leading up to the contract negotiation without a change in behavior on his part.  It's not something that just shows up at contract time. 

BTW, you shouldn't need to question someone's job/career status as a means to validate your take if your reasoning is sound and I'm not suggesting it isn't.  I am a credentialed professional and I've dealt with a lot of contracts in my time, but that really shouldn't matter here since neither of us writes NFL player contracts or knows what the Cardinals front office knows.

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