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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.No, but there's ways of showing disappointment without being a ****. Some here can't do it and they don't care.I was disappointed as hell with what we got from him, but I think the "animosity" that people are talking about here is a little overstated. His performance was disappointing--we weren't sending him hate letters or anything.
There were constant rumors about problems with his knee.While we all understand why BB is so tight-lipped about injuries, it is unfortunate that we didn't know about this during the season.
He would have gotten less animosity directed his way by some fans.
Neither Chandler nor LaFell suffered major injury to their hands, as best I can tell.
What a good guy. I feel bad now that I thought he was a bum for some of last season. I need to remember that usually when an NFL player's performance falls off, it's because he's dealing with some kind of injury and trying to play through it. Good luck to Scott for a speedy recovery.
If that's true, it would make Denver responsible for injuring the knees of three patriots in that game: Hightower, Gronk and Chandler. The Pats were never the same after that. Damn.I know the exact moment this happened and it was in the Denver game. He walked off but that is when he fell off the wagon altogether.
If he made $13 million during his NFL career, I would certainly hope that he's set for the rest of his life.
IMO, he's not that bad off. He's 30 years old, he left the game with his brain intact (hopefully), he has a loving wife and healthy kids, and he never has to work another day in his life.
I'd take it
Don't forget $2 to $2.5 million off the top to agents and accountants and other professionals. Plus an unusually high cost structure, relocation and travel bills and personal trainers and all that contribute to burning through the cash, it's not all bling and flash. So yeah, he probably has three to five mil banked, and a lifetime of uninsulated medical expenses in front of him. He'll need to become a working stiff like the rest of us, maybe some better options but not the never work again gravy train.Yep. You figure after taxes he has ~$7m that he is responsible for managing and being smart with. Figure he already blown through $3m so he has $4m left. If invested properly that should easily cover private schools, college itself, weddings and the other hundreds and thousands of dollars us parents shell out for multiple children over their life. He should also be able to afford a nice house, maybe even buy a reasonable vacation home, do a little investing and have a pretty damn good retirement complete with health care and elderly care taken care of for he and his wife.
With that said, he should find a job that pays him a decent salary for the next 20 or so years.