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Post by ~*Young $ Money*~ on Oct 1, 2018 18:49:07 GMT -5
Can't blame Thomas at all for being pissed. He likely just lost millions from free agency by not doing the same as Bell. It's an extremely physical sport, with most having very short career spans and little time to cash-in to provide for their future. Loyalty doesn't pay the bills or heal your body. The owners aren't going to give a crap about you once you're gone, or even while you're there in most cases, so why shouldn't you be selfish about it? 4 years, 40 million. Safe to say his bills are paid. That argument always makes me laugh. They need to pay their bills. They have all this jewelry, cars I can’t afford to sit in let alone own, 2 houses and get more free crap than you can ever think of. If 40 million isn’t enough to pay your bills, what is? I knew not personally but I have seen how an nfl player lives. His mom Has had about 3 new Benz the trucks in The past 3 years. He has like 3 very high end cars. Bought his mom a house. He has a nice one. And still has some left over
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Post by snatch on Oct 1, 2018 19:07:11 GMT -5
Bell returns Week 7. Sure get paid during a bye week, and maximize your value. Your tires are kickin Bro
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Post by ClashOfStyles on Oct 1, 2018 19:39:23 GMT -5
Up 17-3, got no excuses for going to OT and losing. Refs flat out blew a block in the back call on TEN, but as I make myself believe, they shouldn't have put themselves in a position where a blown call led to them losing. Absolutely no reason for OT when you're up 14, halfway through the 3rd. But we're fine. 2-2 is not the end of the world. Granted those 2 are 2 I did not see them losing when I made my prediction. But then there's teams that haven't been that good this season, and have also lost games that they shouldn't. Saints. Jags. It's all good. Still early. We’re not fine. The secondary is garbage, none of our running backs can stay healthy, and the o-line seems to have entirely forgotten how to block. Our d-line puts almost no pressure on the QB and we can’t blitz effectively. We have a really tough schedule that isn’t going to get any easier, losing games to teams like the Bucs and Titans when we still have @ New Orleans, @ LAR, @ Jacksonville, and Minnesota on our schedule isn’t acceptable. If there aren’t major changes made, we’re going 7-9. Can’t tell if I’m watching the Eagles or Phillies when I watch this team play. No heart on defense or the o-line, and just overall ugly football.
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Post by King Richius on Oct 1, 2018 19:41:35 GMT -5
Up 17-3, got no excuses for going to OT and losing. Refs flat out blew a block in the back call on TEN, but as I make myself believe, they shouldn't have put themselves in a position where a blown call led to them losing. Absolutely no reason for OT when you're up 14, halfway through the 3rd. But we're fine. 2-2 is not the end of the world. Granted those 2 are 2 I did not see them losing when I made my prediction. But then there's teams that haven't been that good this season, and have also lost games that they shouldn't. Saints. Jags. It's all good. Still early. We’re not fine. The secondary is garbage, none of our running backs can stay healthy, and the o-line seems to have entirely forgotten how to block. Our d-line puts almost no pressure on the QB and we can’t blitz effectively. We have a really tough schedule that isn’t going to get any easier, losing games to teams like the Bucs and Titans when we still have @ New Orleans, @ LAR, @ Jacksonville, and Minnesota on our schedule isn’t acceptable. If there aren’t major changes made, we’re going 7-9. Can’t tell if I’m watching the Eagles or Phillies when I watch this team play. No heart on defense or the o-line, and just overall ugly football. The Phillies are the ones with bats. If the Eagles show up with bats I'm pretty sure that would be an unsportsmanlike penalty or two.
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Post by ClashOfStyles on Oct 1, 2018 19:43:21 GMT -5
We’re not fine. The secondary is garbage, none of our running backs can stay healthy, and the o-line seems to have entirely forgotten how to block. Our d-line puts almost no pressure on the QB and we can’t blitz effectively. We have a really tough schedule that isn’t going to get any easier, losing games to teams like the Bucs and Titans when we still have @ New Orleans, @ LAR, @ Jacksonville, and Minnesota on our schedule isn’t acceptable. If there aren’t major changes made, we’re going 7-9. Can’t tell if I’m watching the Eagles or Phillies when I watch this team play. No heart on defense or the o-line, and just overall ugly football. The Phillies are the ones with bats. If the Eagles show up with bats I'm pretty sure that would be an unsportsmanlike penalty or two. Lol you know what I mean. Lack of effort, sloppy play, and dumb coaching decisions.
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Post by Rude Awakening on Oct 1, 2018 20:48:30 GMT -5
There are certain teams I can’t watch because they bore the hell out of me even if there good. The Colts, Ravens, and Broncos will always be those teams
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Post by IRS on Oct 1, 2018 20:50:09 GMT -5
We’re not fine. The secondary is garbage, none of our running backs can stay healthy, and the o-line seems to have entirely forgotten how to block. Our d-line puts almost no pressure on the QB and we can’t blitz effectively. We have a really tough schedule that isn’t going to get any easier, losing games to teams like the Bucs and Titans when we still have @ New Orleans, @ LAR, @ Jacksonville, and Minnesota on our schedule isn’t acceptable. If there aren’t major changes made, we’re going 7-9. Can’t tell if I’m watching the Eagles or Phillies when I watch this team play. No heart on defense or the o-line, and just overall ugly football. The Phillies are the ones with bats. If the Eagles show up with bats I'm pretty sure that would be an unsportsmanlike penalty or two. What if they show up with snowballs and pretend the opposing team is Santa?
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Post by IRS on Oct 1, 2018 21:03:50 GMT -5
Can't blame Thomas at all for being pissed. He likely just lost millions from free agency by not doing the same as Bell. It's an extremely physical sport, with most having very short career spans and little time to cash-in to provide for their future. Loyalty doesn't pay the bills or heal your body. The owners aren't going to give a crap about you once you're gone, or even while you're there in most cases, so why shouldn't you be selfish about it? That's the thing I don't understand to be honest. Earl had a contract. He signed a 4 year contract that put him at the top of the market when he signed it. Has the pay gone up since he signed? Yes. But, he knew what he was doing when he signed an extremely front loaded contract. Seattle (my team) agreed to have contract talks with him that would give him incentives to make more money, because they have a history of signing people going into their final season. They told him straight up, if he doesn't report, they will not negotiate with him. And this offseason he could of done what he wanted, if he decided not to resign with Seattle. Bell got franchise tagged and decided NOT to sign the contract. So he is currently not signed to a team. He never agreed to a said amount of money for a said amount of time. It's all about security. Neither he nor Bell have security after this season. And when you're in your 30s in the NFL, you want security. In the end, Thomas decided to honor the contract. And because of it, he got seriously injured and hurt his value for next season. Also, for the claims of "they have plenty of money", look at all the legions of pro athletes that go broke. They always need more money.
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Post by A-Rob on Oct 1, 2018 21:12:41 GMT -5
People thought The Pats were in trouble, nope! They beat down the Dolphins in epic fashion! The Colts don't have a prayer on Thursday. It's safe to say Earl Thomas is done with the Seahawks with flipping off the sideline after breaking his leg. The Pats always have average Septembers before putting it together to steamroll their way into the playoffs. Remember how "bad" they were a year or two ago after getting their butts kicked by the Chiefs? Oh my, that was the end. The dynasty was over. How'd that turn out? I'm sure they will win the division and be right back in the playoffs by the end of the season. Indeed they will, The Bills are dead, the Jets are rebuilding and the Dolphins are going to end up a .500 team.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Oct 1, 2018 21:17:43 GMT -5
That's the thing I don't understand to be honest. Earl had a contract. He signed a 4 year contract that put him at the top of the market when he signed it. Has the pay gone up since he signed? Yes. But, he knew what he was doing when he signed an extremely front loaded contract. Seattle (my team) agreed to have contract talks with him that would give him incentives to make more money, because they have a history of signing people going into their final season. They told him straight up, if he doesn't report, they will not negotiate with him. And this offseason he could of done what he wanted, if he decided not to resign with Seattle. Bell got franchise tagged and decided NOT to sign the contract. So he is currently not signed to a team. He never agreed to a said amount of money for a said amount of time. It's all about security. Neither he nor Bell have security after this season. And when you're in your 30s in the NFL, you want security. In the end, Thomas decided to honor the contract. And because of it, he got seriously injured and hurt his value for next season. Also, for the claims of "they have plenty of money", look at all the legions of pro athletes that go broke. They always need more money. That's not because they don't have enough, it's because they're ing morons. Invest, save, have a secondary savings, don't buy houses for the whole projects crew. It isn't hard. And honestly, I dont mind Bell sitting. He's at least a real game changer and never signed the contract. Thomas is a really nice safety, but is he changing games anymore? Not really.
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Post by Tim of thee on Oct 1, 2018 21:33:06 GMT -5
It’s not about “having enough” it’s about getting your fair market value in that position.
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Post by IRS on Oct 1, 2018 21:49:54 GMT -5
It's all about security. Neither he nor Bell have security after this season. And when you're in your 30s in the NFL, you want security. In the end, Thomas decided to honor the contract. And because of it, he got seriously injured and hurt his value for next season. Also, for the claims of "they have plenty of money", look at all the legions of pro athletes that go broke. They always need more money. That's not because they don't have enough, it's because they're ing morons. Invest, save, have a secondary savings, don't buy houses for the whole projects crew. It isn't hard. And honestly, I dont mind Bell sitting. He's at least a real game changer and never signed the contract. Thomas is a really nice safety, but is he changing games anymore? Not really. I mean, it's easy to say these things when you're not a 20-something multi-millionaire with a circus of people around constantly blowing smoke up your ass. Not that I disagree, but it's a lot easier to say that when you're not in that position. Thomas is still an above-average player at his position. He may not be one of the most elite defensive players in the league in 2018, but he's still going to command a big price tag.
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Post by sean™ on Oct 1, 2018 22:32:11 GMT -5
#showtime
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Post by Tim of thee on Oct 1, 2018 22:41:07 GMT -5
#realdeal damn the Chiefs are fun to watch and Phillip Lindsay is a real man
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Post by King Richius on Oct 1, 2018 22:56:10 GMT -5
The Chiefs might actually be for real this year. I know they always start hot and then slump in the second half of the season but my gut tells me that may not happen this year. Mahomes, Hunt, Hill,... they've got weapons.
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Post by sean™ on Oct 1, 2018 23:25:30 GMT -5
All I know is that he’s a shoe in for Sophomore of the Year.
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Post by snatch on Oct 2, 2018 5:59:23 GMT -5
Ironically TNF will be a dueling battle for a single player for most game wins Tom Brady (225) vs Adam Vinatieri (225).
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Post by Rude Awakening on Oct 2, 2018 16:18:47 GMT -5
If Case would’ve threw that ball a little lower and Thomas ran his route full speed Denver would’ve won last night
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Post by ClashOfStyles on Oct 2, 2018 16:59:57 GMT -5
Ironically TNF will be a dueling battle for a single player for most game wins Tom Brady (225) vs Adam Vinatieri (225). ”Battle” Lmao. You and I both know the Pats are winning by 30.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Oct 2, 2018 17:21:51 GMT -5
It’s not about “having enough” it’s about getting your fair market value in that position. 10 mill a year sounds more than fair for a safety. He isn't changing games anymore without Sherman and Kam.
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