Quote:Blackmon has probably never been a popular player with the media because he's not a quote machine.  He's supposedly pretty shy when it comes to dealing with the press, and with some of the egos these big fish in a little pond in the local media have, if you're not giving them adequate time doing interviews, you're bound to get less than positive press.  I don't think it's that he's done anything in particular as much as he's just not a media friendly player along the same line as a guy like Marshawn Lynch.

ehhh Lynch does that for media, he loves the media, thats the difference. People eat up the hoopla like deflate gate and "I'm just here so i won't get fined". The media loves, that, he loves that, the NFL loves that. Thats press. Blackmon either burned too many bridges while in jackonville, or the local media simply turned on him because of the off field stuff and they jumped the gun too early on saying he won't play again for the Jaguars. 

 

Im not defending Blackmon, and I'm not too sure at this point if he plays again. I just don't like being lied to, and the position those local media figures are in, they are in no position to state their opinions as fact, then try and backtrack when they know they are wrong. Justin Blackmon is still on a year long suspension, we should know in a month or so if he will ever come back in the league. 

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