Trey Hendrickson Update

[THE PISTONS]

Heyward renegotiated his contract last year and is holding in now. This is the modern NFL:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45947512/steelers-heyward-open-sitting-season-contract

[SunsetBengal]

(43 minutes ago)THE PISTONS Wrote: Heyward renegotiated his contract last year and is holding in now. This is the modern NFL:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45947512/steelers-heyward-open-sitting-season-contract

Dude is 36, not sure that he'll have the same sort of leverage as guys described as a "young" 30...

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(5 hours ago)rfaulk34 Wrote: Maybe not full, full speed but i think coaches are comfortable with what they do in practice, especially with a new scheme. It probably has more to do with alignments and where pressure could be coming from. If they run it "full speed"(no touching the QB) in practice, that's enough for them and no one else has any tape to prep for it. 

Isn't that exact problem why we're having to have our starters play in preseason now?

[Nepa]

(43 minutes ago)THE PISTONS Wrote: Heyward renegotiated his contract last year and is holding in now. This is the modern NFL:

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45947512/steelers-heyward-open-sitting-season-contract

Heyward has two more years on the contract he just renegotiated last year. This creates a lot of instability if players can just demand a new contract a year after signing a contract. I don't see a solution, but it is really unsettling. But there doesn't seem to be a downside to players when they do this. If it were a high-profile player doing this, maybe they would lose a lot of endorsements because of fans not liking it. But for most players, there doesn't seem to be a downside.

[SunsetBengal]

(32 minutes ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Isn't that exact problem why we're having to have our starters play in preseason now?

Absolutely, even our "elite" offense came out flat after a leisure camp last year. Training camp is supposed to temper the body for the rigors of contact football, get the legs conditioned for playing in the hot early games of the season, as well as build team chemistry and comaraderie. Sure, taking it easy reduces head injuries, but soft tissue injuries are up exponentially across the league.