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Braylon Edwards is whats wrong with athletes

Kuzzy Powers

Kuzzy Powers

Beautiful Like Moses
If it wasnt more obvious that this guy was completely coasting in Cleveland then it was tonight I dont know what is. Jets fans should be excited cause they got a good WR when hes focused, but its painfully obvious he had no interest in trying in Cleveland, and for that, he is a giant piece of shit. Sorry Browns fans..
 
I don't think that makes him a POS at all. It makes him human.

Everyone has had a job where they were miserable and probably didn't care how they performed. Athletes are no different.
 
I want out too...

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Hasselbeck said:
I don't think that makes him a POS at all. It makes him human.

Everyone has had a job where they were miserable and probably didn't care how they performed. Athletes are no different.
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You could argue that you can't compare playing in the NFL to punching the clock at the saw mill or sitting in the cubical. Our good friend AllOutBlitz used to say that all the time.

There is a big difference between making $40k, mailing it in at the office, and taking your sweet time handing in those spreadsheets, and making millions of dollars to play a game, and not giving maximum effort.

It's bush league, and Braylon Edwards is the kind of guy I wouldnt want around my team.
 
Hasselbeck said:
I don't think that makes him a POS at all. It makes him human.

Everyone has had a job where they were miserable and probably didn't care how they performed. Athletes are no different.
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It's hard to be miserable when you're making millions of dollars.
 
I think that guys do just need a chance of scenery sometimes. Look at all the guys who have been traded and are now reaching their full potential:

Orton
Benson
Edwards
Winslow
Moss (everyone knew this one)
Antonio Bryant

It's funny how a change of scenery can be all the difference in the world for these guys. The system really matters as well, obviously.
 
Tailback U said:
I think that guys do just need a chance of scenery sometimes. Look at all the guys who have been traded and are now reaching their full potential:

Orton
Benson
Edwards
Winslow
Moss (everyone knew this one)
Antonio Bryant

It's funny how a change of scenery can be all the difference in the world for these guys. The system really matters as well, obviously.
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But I think the idea is that certain players dog it. Edwards & Moss from your list, for sure. Guys like Orton & Benson weren't dogging it, and fit more into the change of scenery idea you are talking about.

Look around the league, and you see a guy like Steven Jackson, killing himself and busting his ass playing for a team that has 5 wins in 3 seasons. Jake Delhomme, Calvin Johnson, so many others, you see these guys playing hard in losing situations, and you see the pain in their faces when they lose.

Then you see guys like Moss when he was in Oakland, and he clearly didnt care. Same with Edwards.
 
Hasselbeck said:
I don't think that makes him a POS at all. It makes him human.

Everyone has had a job where they were miserable and probably didn't care how they performed. Athletes are no different.
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Yeah but they arent being paid 10s of millions of dollars to try to help a team.. to help a frachise.. to help a whole damn city win football games. IMO it just isnt comparable to your everyday worker being stuck in a dead end job. Its a privilege to be in the NFL and get paid that kind of money and to blatantly not put forth effort makes you a piece of shit, IMO, and a thief, too.

Sure some guys need a change of scenery but the EFFORT should always be there. I dont think anyone is really going to argue that Braylon wasnt putting forth much of that in Cleveland.
 
Warner2BruceTD said:
But I think the idea is that certain players dog it. Edwards & Moss from your list, for sure. Guys like Orton & Benson weren't dogging it, and fit more into the change of scenery idea you are talking about.

Look around the league, and you see a guy like Steven Jackson, killing himself and busting his ass playing for a team that has 5 wins in 3 seasons. Jake Delhomme, Calvin Johnson, so many others, you see these guys playing hard in losing situations, and you see the pain in their faces when they lose.

Then you see guys like Moss when he was in Oakland, and he clearly didnt care. Same with Edwards.
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Quoted for fucking truth. You get paid millions of dollars to work your ass off.. not coast through games that actually mean something to people other then your selfish ass. Braylon isnt the only player guilty of this either, thats for sure.
 
moss did it in oakland, braylon in cleveland, Ownes is doing it in Buffalo... it is just the culture. there is a huge disconnect with these guys as far as team play goes. to them the money they get is owed to them, not earned.
 
Cowboys suck,


with that out of the way,


I never really thought Braylon was playing to his full potential. Yea, he didn't give his best, but what can you do? Teams are still going to want him because they think they can "change" him. If the Jets start losing, he'll go back to his old ways. Same as Moss, same as TO, same as every other player who only gives his best when the team is winning.
 
Warner2BruceTD said:
But I think the idea is that certain players dog it. Edwards & Moss from your list, for sure. Guys like Orton & Benson weren't dogging it, and fit more into the change of scenery idea you are talking about.

Look around the league, and you see a guy like Steven Jackson, killing himself and busting his ass playing for a team that has 5 wins in 3 seasons. Jake Delhomme, Calvin Johnson, so many others, you see these guys playing hard in losing situations, and you see the pain in their faces when they lose.

Then you see guys like Moss when he was in Oakland, and he clearly didnt care. Same with Edwards.
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Bob Kuzzy said:
Its a privilege to be in the NFL and get paid that kind of money and to blatantly not put forth effort makes you a piece of shit, IMO, and a thief, too.
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These post pretty much sum up my feelings on this matter.

However, Kuzzy the issue with this is that even though Edwards (like Moss) was dogging it he eventually got rewarded by being traded to NY. I think the system breeds this sort of behavior though, because we see it all of the time.
 
Bob Kuzzy said:
If it wasnt more obvious that this guy was completely coasting in Cleveland then it was tonight I dont know what is. Jets fans should be excited cause they got a good WR when hes focused, but its painfully obvious he had no interest in trying in Cleveland, and for that, he is a giant piece of shit. Sorry Browns fans..
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lol....he is a joke. He is ok as long as his team is playing well.
edwards will give yets fans some great things to watch, but he will also provide some serious WTF moments.

blitzrique said:
Sometimes guys need a change of scenery to perform. Is he a POS? Could be. We'll see how his career develops.
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by change of scenery do you mean have a pro bowl 2007 season only to turn into a lazy no catch mfer in 2008. Keep in mind his woes began right from the jump in 2008 after a pro bowl 10 win season
 
WRs more than anyone completely rely on someone else in order to be productive. I cannot fault a guy who starts to push himself less rather than risk injury and his career because he knows (as do we all) that he won't be able to get the ball from his unproductive QB.
 
JeremyHight said:
WRs more than anyone completely rely on someone else in order to be productive. I cannot fault a guy who starts to push himself less rather than risk injury and his career because he knows (as do we all) that he won't be able to get the ball from his unproductive QB.
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LOL....so Braylon Edwards avoided injury by dropping about 26 passes last year?


I think its a much different situation than the guy at the factory or the guy in the cube...in football, you are much more dependent on your co-workers than in the working world. If Dave incorrectly enters the agate type in his newspaper, no one cares. If an offensive lineman misses his block, the QB gets killed.
 
Should have traded him in the off-season when he requested it.

When you are miserable in a city and you are losing, for these athletes, its the same as Joe Blow working at the dead end job. For you and I, it doesn't look the same, and in reality, it isn't...but for them, the athletes, it is.

It doesn't excuse Edwards' behavior, not at all...but that is the situation at hand.

The change of scenery seems to be good for Braylon. We'll see. He is on a team that is winning...he is in the spot light of NYC...he has close friends on the Jets team (Kerry Rhodes)...so, we'll see how it works out for him.

Typically "diva" wide receivers keep their mouth shut and play and work hard when their team is winning and they get footballs thrown their way.
 
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