Quote:This whole "chip on the shoulder" thing he uses to motivate himself was cute when he was a rookie, but at some point he needs to grow up and accept the reality that this is just a business.  If the team wasn't loyal to him, his little holdout a couple of years ago would have been the end of things.  They let him throw his tantrum, and then let him come back to work, paying him handsomely in the process for nothing but injuries and less production. During that time, not once did the team take any shots at him.  They understood it was a business decision to hold out, and they also knew they had the upper hand.  They showed class.  He's shown not so much.

He started showing his classless side during the NFL lockout on his radio show on Sirius NFL radio. The vitriol that was spewed by he and DeMaurice Smith was some of the most classless stuff I've ever heard. I always enjoyed watching him play and cheering him on, but during that radio gig the bloom came off the rose for me.

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