Quote:Hicken may have sufficient info to reasonably guess based on all the NFL rules Blackmon has no chance to be reinstated.

 

He would have to have inside information from Blackmon himself in order to be able to have that kind of insight because the team isn't privy to where he's at in whatever recovery he is in (if any).  

 

I like Hicken, but I seriously doubt he's an effective enough journalist to have anything more than a fan's opinion on this subject.  People think a sports guy is going to have all this super secret information.  If he had a scoop, a real scoop on this, it would be out there already. 

 

I honestly think both Hicken and Prosser are saying what they're saying based on nothing more than the expectation that Blackmon's track record with past transgressions dictates what is going to happen moving forward, and that's probably a pretty safe bet.  Based on what we know about his past, odds are pretty good he's going to be suspended again at some point.  So, it's easy to say he'll never play another down here. 

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