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"People don't understand how committed he is to this," a source close to Branch said. "He's not going to come in until he gets something he feels that is fair."
Of course, "fair" is a relative term and this kind of brave talk about holding out for part of the season has melted plenty of times when players realize that walking away from a good chunk of $1 million is harder than you think. Branch is also staying in Boston these days, fueling the notion that he'll report any day now.
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He and his fake smile can be as comitted as they want. The end result is still the loss of about $1M (as the fines will approximately equal the Week 11-16 salary he would get). And what happens in February ? He's Franchised or becomes a UFA under the exact same decision process whether he plays this year or not. He's literally giving away $1M.
Did anyone watch the Colbert report the other night and catch that episode with the author who wrote the book titled $40 Million dollar slave? Maybe Deion and his agent have been reading too many damn self empowerment books.
Get in camp and shut up! You are under contract, HONOR it, and SHUT UP!
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"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur."
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Hey, if he thinks the NFL is mistreating him he could always quit and get a real job. I'd love to see how that goes, Mr. Fake Smile.
Yep. I dont think he realizes how short an NFL career really is. Before he knows it, it will be time to hang them up and he will say where did my career go. And somebody will say, "remember that year you held out?" In 10 years he'll regret this move, and be $1,000,000.00 poorer.
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He and his fake smile can be as comitted as they want. The end result is still the loss of about $1M (as the fines will approximately equal the Week 11-16 salary he would get). And what happens in February ? He's Franchised or becomes a UFA under the exact same decision process whether he plays this year or not. He's literally giving away $1M.
This kind of talk about Deion's "fake smile" is what sometimes bothers me about committed fans, not just pats fans. It's like being a member of the communist party. When current events don't suit you you rearrange history. His smile suited me fine when he caught the 17 yard pass against Carolina, absorbed a major hit and hung on to the ball to set up the winning FG, and it suited me fine when he stole the ball away from sheldon Brown and saved Brady from throwing a game changing interception in the 2nd half of the SB against Philly, and it suited me fine when he waved goodbye to all those Steelers on his late TD run to ice the AFCCG, and I liked it plenty when he sat next to BB on the tonight show and was as respectful as I've ever seen a player act toward a coach on camera. I guess people are unaware that Deion has a very ill child and I don't blame him for trying to secure money for himself and his family at all. "Fake smile" Deion certainly has impressed our Offensive captain brady enough, who says he loves him. So don't go overboard with this anti-deion schtick.
This kind of talk about Deion's "fake smile" is what sometimes bothers me about committed fans, not just pats fans. It's like being a member of the communist party. When current events don't suit you you rearrange history. His smile suited me fine when he caught the 17 yard pass against Carolina, absorbed a major hit and hung on to the ball to set up the winning FG, and it suited me fine when he stole the ball away from sheldon Brown and saved Brady from throwing a game changing interception in the 2nd half of the SB against Philly, and it suited me fine when he waved goodbye to all those Steelers on his late TD run to ice the AFCCG, and I liked it plenty when he sat next to BB on the tonight show and was as respectful as I've ever seen a player act toward a coach on camera. I guess people are unaware that Deion has a very ill child and I don't blame him for trying to secure money for himself and his family at all. "Fake smile" Deion certainly has impressed our Offensive captain brady enough, who says he loves him. So don't go overboard with this anti-deion schtick.
Amen and well said. Never put the words "rational" and "fan" in the same sentence.
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This kind of talk about Deion's "fake smile" is what sometimes bothers me about committed fans, not just pats fans. It's like being a member of the communist party. When current events don't suit you you rearrange history. His smile suited me fine when he caught the 17 yard pass against Carolina, absorbed a major hit and hung on to the ball to set up the winning FG, and it suited me fine when he stole the ball away from sheldon Brown and saved Brady from throwing a game changing interception in the 2nd half of the SB against Philly, and it suited me fine when he waved goodbye to all those Steelers on his late TD run to ice the AFCCG, and I liked it plenty when he sat next to BB on the tonight show and was as respectful as I've ever seen a player act toward a coach on camera. I guess people are unaware that Deion has a very ill child and I don't blame him for trying to secure money for himself and his family at all. "Fake smile" Deion certainly has impressed our Offensive captain brady enough, who says he loves him. So don't go overboard with this anti-deion schtick.
I used to love his smile. Now I know it a bull***** facade.
When he comes back will I root for him ? Of course, while he's on the Patriots. But I won't look at him the same way. He's not a sweet, innocent Deion I thought he was. He's just another calculating jerk of an athlete who I'll root for because of the logo on his helmet not the name on his back.
"That said, Branch has shown greater resolve than most people expected. He has racked up approximately $250,000 in fines for his holdout so far (if the Patriots choose to enforce the language of the collective bargaining agreement), but if Branch's holdout continues into the season, an NFL Players Association source said the union would likely advise him to show up for the final nine weeks.
The real issue in this mess is what impact Branch's holdout will have on the Patriots. Specifically, how will it impact quarterback Tom Brady? "
It would appear even NFLPA sources know Deion is baying at the Moon on this one. And if he shows up for the final nine weeks - hey we won a Superbowl that last time he did that.
The key now is for Brady to simply resign himself to accepting the challenge of once again making a silk purse out of what may start out as a sows ear. He's done it before with less than half the running game/TE options this season would appear to be poised to offer.
That he is being asked to do it without Givens is tough, but if either or the combination of Caldwell/Jackson can step up to just fill that void for even the first month of the season, with the expanded RB and TE weapons at Tom's disposal compared earlier seasons we should be fine. Provided of course some of the walking wounded return on D and/or BB finds the way to scheme this defense work so it ranks at least in the respectable top half of the percentile range overall.
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