Center JC Tretter

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(03-22-2022, 01:54 PM)jj22 Wrote: I will say maybe he burned some bridges being a NFLPA rep. He is the reason the Browns didn't practice in OTA's the last couple years. He pressured the players as the NFLP rep to stay away. Maybe teams are holding that against him.

(03-22-2022, 02:24 PM)Vas Deferens Wrote: Hadn't thought about that.  Seems likely.

(03-22-2022, 04:17 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Watson gets $230 mil guaranteed and has 22 women suing him for sexual assault/misconduct. Meanwhile, Kap gets blackballed for taking a knee. It is disgusting. 

Would not surprise me a bit if teams are freezing Tretter out for being the player rep. 

Don't think it's about him being the president of the NFLPA.

The Bengals signed Eric Winston while he was NFLPA President and kept signing him for 4 years.

He might just be one of those guys that aren't in a hurry.

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As for Kap, there seems to be a whooooooole lot of "forgetting" when it comes to him.

He threw for 59% completion, 6 TD/5 INT, 6.6 YPA, 78.5 QB Rating while going 2-6 in 2015 before having season-ending shoulder surgery. During the offseason he would also have both knee AND thumb surgery. He started 2016 on the bench because of the three surgeries, got back the starting job, and proceeded to lose 9 straight games, going 1-10 on the season.

HE then CHOSE to opt out of his contract with the 49ers. He wasn't cut/waived/released, he opted out. (There were rumors that he'd have been cut if he didn't opt out, but who knows if those were true, he chose to leave first.)

Even after ALL of that he was still about to be signed by the Ravens in 2017 before his girlfriend publicly compared the Ravens owner and Ray Lewis to a slave owner and his slave.

There's a whole lot more to it than "gets blackballed for taking a knee" and saying otherwise is disingenuous at best. The NFL has proven time and time again, if you're talented enough they will overlook all kinds of baggage. Once your talent no longer outweighs the baggage, they move on. I mean shit, Mike Vick went to prison for two years for fighting, hanging, and drowning dogs and NFL teams still signed him because he was already a multi-time Pro Bowler MVP-finalist who ran for over 1,000 yards at 8.4 yards per carry his last NFL before prison.