Originally posted by RackofRibs49:
Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Originally posted by jimmy3233:
A major concern is if he and agent Don Yee decide to lie about his injury recovery and say he still is injured after July to recover the 7.5 million. The only reason we still have him right now is because of this stupid guarantee. Wish we never would have put this into his contract. Crazy thing is that he never got thumb surgery and that might be Jimmy's ultimate fallback plan to guarantee the money.
Given the sudden announcement of surgery (likely didn't tell 49ers) for a "mild shoulder strain", I'm not even sure this dude wants to really be a starting QB. He prolly could have toughed it out for a year and delayed surgery. He should have worked hard with his agent and 49ers to get traded to Indy. That would have given him the best chance to be a starting QB for a few years and even win a few playoff games.
Truth is he's made over 100 million dollars, been to a super bowl, looks like a male model, and f**ks pornstars for a living. He's never that mad in games and always smiling no matter how s**tty he is playing. He has pretty much made it in life and has had a much better career as a QB than tons of QBs drafted higher than him (especially given his obvious physical limitations). He also has a great reputation as a leader and "winner".
I wouldn't be surprised if he is just happy making another 20-30 million over the next 5-10 years just bouncing back and forth across teams as a backup. He knows he's never getting a 100 million contract ever again and why would he want to deal with stress of the media harassing him and his poor play as a starting QB on another team.
Agree with a lot of this. He wouldn't be the first player in the NFL to take it easy after their first big pay check.
I also never liked his attitude. You rarely see that fire from him that other QBs have. And dude played under Brady for all those years too
Meanwhile the rest of the team loves him and credits him for his leadership.
It is not wise to publicly bash teammates. Using the word leadership is an easy way out. Its not like they are gushing over his ability to throw the ball 40 yards outside on a dime. Or talking about how he has the ability to escape the rush and make an off schedule play. Or putting the team on his back in the sb and scoring the game winning td. Bringing up his leadership is really the only thing they have to keep any negativity off of them and out of the locker room.