03-08-2018, 02:49 PM
(03-08-2018, 02:43 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: I believe he was referencing how some of his teammaters were not so high on him and his work ethic.
https://www.bucsnation.com/2018/2/20/17033392/the-buccaneers-have-released-dt-chris-baker?_ga=2.185839849.1751759935.1520251679-88411422.1516634890
https://www.bucsnation.com/2017/12/26/16820006/several-bucs-players-confronted-chris-baker-for-blowing-the-game
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2017/03/21/making-sense-of-the-redskins-free-agent-signings-thus-far/?utm_term=.9d59ee8e6125
Again, I don't see anything from Washington. Just Tampa. From your Washington Post link:
Quote:Chris Baker was popular with the fans because of his personality, but Redskins coaches, officials and even some teammates were just lukewarm on him. The team’s talent evaluators and coaches weren’t always happy with Baker’s work ethic, and they felt like he needed to make more of a consistent impact.
"Lukewarm" doesn't imply that he was hated or cancerous. So basically "some" teammates were "meh" about Baker. That can be said about any player. Coaches questioned his motor or work ethic. That's known. The same things were said about Nick Fairley and he was a very popular FA on the boards a few years back.
Even with the bucsnation article, it sounds like his teammates were stressed out after a close loss and took it out on Baker for jumping offside on a 4th and short. Dumb mistake by Baker, but it sounds more like his teammates are cancerous than him. Seriously, what did he do there that suggests he has a bad attitude?
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
