06-07-2015, 11:00 PM
(06-07-2015, 09:50 PM)Nately120 Wrote: My point is that in 2010 we were supposed to be building upon 2009 and competing for a title and after 2010 we found that no other NFL team wanted anything to do with our top 2 WRs. It was just...bleh. What is so hard to get about this? If our starters can't get on the field for other teams, what good are they? Don't we look stupid for having a guy #1 on our depth chart who isn't anywhere close to that when he is picked up elsewhere?
Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this way, Ida know. To each his own, I guess.
I see what you're getting at, and I would agree, but I just don't think Chad or TO were washed up in 2010. They both still showed ability.
Chad's issue in NE was that he just couldn't master the Pats' complex playbook. Even after the failure there, Miami still gave him a shot, but the domestic violence spat did him in. At that point he was too old and not worth the PR hit.
TO's issue was that no teams wanted to touch him due to his issues with the 49ers/Cowboys/Eagles. It got to the point with him where the risk outweighed the reward. When he was 28, 32 or 34 years old, maybe. But not at 36-37 years old. That's why his last stops were Buffalo and Cincy. Teams he wouldn't have played for earlier in his career. Teams know at that age that he could drop off at any point, and do you want a possibly unproductive TO in your locker room? Again, not worth the risk.
Heck, TO dropped 222 yards against Cleveland and 141 and 2 td's on MNF vs Pittsburgh. That alone shows he wasn't done.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
