Quote:Maybe... just MAYBE Blackmon has no intentions of reapplying for reinstatement.


I don't know why he wouldn't... but it is a theory not being tossed around.

Maybe he just isn't ready for the NFL spotlight.

 

And unfortunately for him, if he isn't ready now, he never will be.

 

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I think this is it. He is not ready, mentally, or physically, and that it why he does not apply for reinstatement. He's been out of football so long, what else does he have to do? Spend his millions. Basically a kid in his early 20's, no job, no responsibilities, just a fistful of dollars, a little bit of fame, and the world for his taking. And as much I as I did not want to admit it, I think we have lost our 5th overall pick of the 2012 draft. We worked hard at all that losing, to get ourselves that 5th overall pick, and it profited us nothing. It's a hard pill to swallow, as he was suppose to be that pick that gave us that true number 1 receiver that we had long been missing. We had not been able to fill the void since Jimmy Smith retired. We tried with the Matt Jones experiment. Wait a second, didn't Jimmy and Matt both leave the franchise for similar issues such as Blackmon's issues? Why us?

 

All I did was google "Justin Blackmon Treatment" to find out that as of 10/1/14, Justin had completed nearly half of a 90 day treatment program. So much for all of this hippa and non-disclosure of his treatment status. We are in dark about Justin's current status because there is no status. I don't think there will ever be a status again. I was in denial, and wanted him to come back. I was unwilling to believe that we got stiffed again with another first round pick. We have done wonders with rebuilding our receivers corp. Now we just need the icing on the cake such as drafting Kevin White or Amari Cooper.

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