Byron Jones - Dolphins CB - Says He Can't Play Anymore

[Drew21PA]

What is it with the dolphins organization?

 

sheesh they are a mess!!!

 

brady tampering

jones 

tua 

 

yikes 

[T master]

Well there is one thing i have never been able to understand about the NFL they have all of these banned substances on a list that these guys can't take & may even invest by accident true no knowing that it is in something they eat & yet if they are playing and get a injury they can just run into the locker room or in the blue tent & get a shot of pain killer or take a pill to kill the pain & continue playing .

 

We could use the Brett Favre version of this to see exactly how one might become dependent on these drugs which are okay in the NFL's eyes to keep the good players on the field to sell their product & to hell with what might become of their long term health talk about a double standard .

 

This may be in part what this guy is saying as far as the long term effects of taking these pain killers to continue playing despite your body having something wrong with it that they can no longer feel because of the drugs & it doing more damage because they continue to play .

 

Yet pot is bad go figure ... Almost makes as much sense as some of their recent rules around certain protocols .

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, Heavy Kevi said:

 

I get it that he's upset. But this statement "no amount..." Is stupid. What these athletes quickly forget is that normal folks that make a normal living often trade in their bodies to feed their families for a much smaller piece of the pie than Jones got.

 

That construction worker that just barely pays his bills will end up with unavoidable health problems and body breakdown too, and he'll work 5 times longer to earn a fraction of an NFL player.

 

Furthermore, it's easy to look back and say this when you already made your money, but you go up to the average 20 year old student football player and say "welcome to the NFL. We'll pay you 70mil in less than a decade but you'll get injured and have long term health ramifications"... They'd play anyway, and with bells on. And they do.

 

That's actually a really good point.  The people I know who work in construction all make very good money, so if they can barely pay their bills it's 'cuz they're a bit Extra with buying toys and running up debt.  But, you're right, a lot of them are working in chronic pain from back or neck or knee injuries by their 30s, and they've only made a fraction of what Byron Jones has made at 30. 

 

Same thing with nurses and CNAs, they learn how to move and lift patients in the safest ways but still, by the time they're in their 30s chronic pain from back injuries are very common.  And they don't get 5 months away from the floor to heal up, either.

 

I also think, truth be told, that some of these football players may be standing in the way of their own healing processes with alcohol or recreational drugs or not paying attention to medical advice - didn't it come out that when Sammy Watkins foot fracture didn't heal up right it was because he took off his walking boot and was following his own training protocol instead of following the physician's instructions?

Edited February 26, 2023 by Beck Water

[Malazan]

3 hours ago, ProcessTruster said:

after his making over $50m +, my heart bleeds for him.   have a nice life Byron

 

Yep, for all his cluster he would do it all over again for the money.

[Mr. WEO]

15 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

The Anti-Bills - like @Mr. WEO

 

 

Nah...just Anti-BS

[Saxum]

8 hours ago, Drew21PA said:

What is it with the dolphins organization?

 

sheesh they are a mess!!!

 

brady tampering

jones 

tua 

 

yikes 

 

 

Something certainly smells fishy in Mijami.

[Thurman#1]

On 2/26/2023 at 7:04 AM, Limeaid said:

 

Yes that was speculated in the article.  He played two years out of a five year contract.  If he is cut Phish hold no rights.  He could take a year off and then say rest does a body good and try to return and he just pocketed large amount of money.   NFL needs to tell players if you claim you cannot play to get teams to let you go then you cannot come back.  ......  Same as Bills fan which jump the table.

 

 

With Miami he was scheduled to make $28M in 2023 and 2024 combined. Taking a year off and coming back as a 32 year old looking for a new contract, I suppose it's possible he might do better financially that way, but I really doubt it.

 

This is probably about what he says it's about.

[Nextmanup]

On 2/25/2023 at 5:10 PM, GunnerBill said:

Miami's reputation for managing injuries, eh...

There's no way in hell Miami is the only franchise operating in this manner.

They are the only one stupid enough to manage things so poorly, it was obvious they were doing it.

 

I'd be there are more franchises operating like Miami than not.

 

 

[RocCityRoller]

16 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

There's no way in hell Miami is the only franchise operating in this manner.

They are the only one stupid enough to manage things so poorly, it was obvious they were doing it.

 

I'd be there are more franchises operating like Miami than not.

 

iirc the Jets were being called out a few years ago by some players over injury rehab and management.

 

As for a 30-31 yr old admitting his body isn't up to the rigors of playing a contact sport, good for him.

If the construction worker/ plumber/ nurse had that option, I am sure they would do the same.

[Fleezoid]

On 2/26/2023 at 8:26 AM, Long Suffering Fan said:

 

Scott Sterling!  Sweet, buttered crumpets!  It starts slow, but well worth the watch.  

 

 

 

Omg. I haven't laughed like that in a long time. I must be a moron and a bad person because I thought it was real at the first couple of kicks, which made it even funnier. 

[Mark Long Beach]

7 hours ago, Fleezoid said:

 

Omg. I haven't laughed like that in a long time. I must be a moron and a bad person because I thought it was real at the first couple of kicks, which made it even funnier. 

Me Too!    Amazing