Quote:My thinking is, even if he does apply and get reinstated, he's not going to be anything like the player that so many on this board thinks that he is.  I could be wrong, but being out of football this long and the events since then leads me to believe that he's "damaged goods".

 

I'm not holding out much hope that he'll come back and be anything close to the player he was prior to the suspension, but I'm of the mindset that he'll be given an opportunity to prove he is worthy of a roster spot.  Maybe over time he'll regain that level of play.  Maybe he won't.  He'll have a chance to answer that question soon.

 

Quote:November 20th is the one year anniversary of the plea bargain resulting from the marijuana arrest.  A condition of reinstatement is no arrests and/or convictions for any criminal activity, including substances of abuse-related offenses, during the banishment.  Week 12 would be the earliest possible reinstatement.

 

He's not playing this year.

 

The suspension isn't tied to the adjudication of the incident.  It's tied to the incident itself. 

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