One thing I have observed for the better part of a month has been everyone's willingness to jump all over Terrell Owens and his contract dispute. Now, I will start off by staying that I hate TO. I dont respect him as a person.... but at the same time, he is a big time player. The truth is, it woudlnt matter who we were talking about here, because my problem is with the principal.
Many of you are angry that he is holidng out for more money. He signed a contract, and should play it out. I 100% agree with that. However... a lot of you are also quick to say that Mike Williams should take a pay cut since he has not performed well enough to make 8 mill this year. That is a hypocritcal line of reasoning. Contracts worth both ways. The players should honor a contract even if he is worth more than it... and the team should honor it even if the player is not worth it.
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Ok, point 2. We as billszone members constantly talk about players who are out of the game for more than a year. QB's RB's WR's etc... Any mention of a player coming back after 2 years (ricky, boston, etc most recently), we immediately throw out the "He hasnt played in 2 years... he's gonna suck!"
Well... those same people are trying to push Henry (who, for the most part hasnt played in 2 years) onto teams looking for a #1 RB. At the same time, we are hypocritical saying that we would never want TH to be our starter, but yet fully expect other teams to accept him as theirs? Either he is good enough to start in the NFL or he is not. My personal opionon is that he is a lower half back... meaning there are at least 15 RB's better than him. But some of you are trying to pawn him off as this great RB who just lost out to an even better RB.
Fact is, TH was never that good. He's great between the tackles... but any play that requires speed and agility.. forget about it. Throw in his fumblitis, and you have a middle of the pack back who is only good enough for a backup role... which is what he has right now.
Ok, I'm done.. flame away!
Many of you are angry that he is holidng out for more money. He signed a contract, and should play it out. I 100% agree with that. However... a lot of you are also quick to say that Mike Williams should take a pay cut since he has not performed well enough to make 8 mill this year. That is a hypocritcal line of reasoning. Contracts worth both ways. The players should honor a contract even if he is worth more than it... and the team should honor it even if the player is not worth it.
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Ok, point 2. We as billszone members constantly talk about players who are out of the game for more than a year. QB's RB's WR's etc... Any mention of a player coming back after 2 years (ricky, boston, etc most recently), we immediately throw out the "He hasnt played in 2 years... he's gonna suck!"
Well... those same people are trying to push Henry (who, for the most part hasnt played in 2 years) onto teams looking for a #1 RB. At the same time, we are hypocritical saying that we would never want TH to be our starter, but yet fully expect other teams to accept him as theirs? Either he is good enough to start in the NFL or he is not. My personal opionon is that he is a lower half back... meaning there are at least 15 RB's better than him. But some of you are trying to pawn him off as this great RB who just lost out to an even better RB.
Fact is, TH was never that good. He's great between the tackles... but any play that requires speed and agility.. forget about it. Throw in his fumblitis, and you have a middle of the pack back who is only good enough for a backup role... which is what he has right now.
Ok, I'm done.. flame away!
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