Quote:If you read Caldwell's statements you will hear him say something to the effect of Blackmon needing to be a good member of the community no matter what community that is.  Him not giving the definitive endorsement of him being a member of the Jacksonville community leads me to now believe that he may not be back. 

Caldwell giving Blackmon a "he will be back" vote of confidence would be idiotic at this point. Blackmon's repeatedly let the team and the community down, and even if Caldwell's plan is to bring him back next year, letting Blackmon flap about in the wind for a few months first would be a welcome wake-up call.

 

Quote:If they instead traded him to an NFC team, I still wouldn't agree/ or like it at all, but at least it would show SOME form of intelligence in the front office. 

What makes you think anyone wants to trade for a repeat offender who has very publicly lied to his team and his city?

 

I think there might be a trade market for Blackmon in February, if he's restated, but it would be highly conditional. Something like a 6th round pick in 2014, and a conditional pick in 2015 based upon Blackmon's not being suspended and reaching certain performance/playing time benchmarks.

 

Even that, I think, has a low likelihood of happening. I just don't see any GM clamoring to trade away a pick for a guy who, if we take his current behavior trends into play, may not last more than another season in the league. That's not to say I wouldn't be shopping Blackmon like crazy the second he's reinstated, but it'd be a tough sell, and it would probably be conditional low-round picks.

 

Quote:Holdout

The DUI was the letdown. The holdout was, actually, justified-ish. Blackmon was being offered an unusually-structured deal, with large sums of money based upon his ability to stay out of trouble. I say "ish" because he put himself in that position, but if his agent had not held Blackmon out to try and squeeze every last penny possible out of the Jags, he'd have been negligent.

 

Quote:I assume if he's tested 10 times per month, marijuana was not the problem.

That's standard for everyone. If it were drug-specific, it would be way too easy to figure out who's doing what, and that's a lawsuit-worthy breach of confidentiality.

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