03-20-2019, 03:38 PM
(03-20-2019, 02:34 PM)Jakeypoo Wrote: Tearing his Achilles twice killed Leon but before he did that he did not miss a game while Joeseph missed 13. Still Leon in his prime was great HOF ability and I think you could say the same thing about Joeseph. It's a shame that we couldn't sign both.
Right. That's whole situation is why I'm slow to apply the "injury prone" label. When it looked like we were choosing between the two, pro-Leon guys all said Joseph was injury prone. After that, it was Leon who was "injury prone" while Joseph barely missed any games. Personally, I always felt Joseph was a bit better, although I realize many felt that way about Leon.
(03-20-2019, 03:07 PM)yellowxdiscipline Wrote: Yea I still think Joseph was worth paying at the time. This is when I first realized the "keep our own" philosophy was just a bullshit excuse to not spend in free agency.
Well I do think we try to keep our own, generally. We have let some good players go, over the years (Justin Smith, Housh, Joseph, Michael Johnson, Marvin Jones, Sanu, Zeitler, Steinbach, etc), but we keep most of our good players. That said, this doesn't mean the "keep our own" stuff isn't a "BS excuse not to spend in free agency". Other teams somehow manage to do both.
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