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Originally Posted by Woogieman
Obviously, they are both complicit in failing to understand leverage. When they do the long math at the end of CJ's career, the chosen tact will surely yield the worst possible outcome. He's lost $2mm in fines, surely he lose endorsement opportunities, and it is likely that his quality of play in a contract year will wane, as is typically the case for players missing the entire pre-season. I think they misjudged the the age aspect and the fact he is STILL UNDER CONTRACT! Imho, he could have extended for 3 yrs at about 26-27/yr, won another SB, possibly gotten a gold jacket, and have been set for life in the NFL industry...that has all been possibly jeopardized by this foolish gambit.
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Now in fairness - little of this will matter if he DOES come back in week 8 and dominates on his way to the SB. All will be forgiven at a point.
But then he'll just get tagged and we'll go through this lunacy again.
He can save himself a TON of heartache by reporting today, swallowing some pride (y'know, only making $20 million this season...**** that makes my head hurt) and balling out.
At worst he'll get the 'thanks for the memories' send-off that Hill got before he started running his mouth to 'build a brand' in Miami. There's still a relatively happy ending to be had here for Chris Jones.
But man, he's gotta un-**** himself. This is just dumb.