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I am most curious what kind of discussions have been going on between the Ninko camp and the team over the past 4 days.
Why four days into camp?
No question, Ninko's 2017 compensation was light on dollars with a salary only guaranteed for injury.
Was Ninko hoping the team would step up and restructure his deal in more favorable terms for the player?
Was NE taking a wait and see using the past 3 days of training camp to get a better feel for the players on the practice field?
Did Ninko believe he would be a bench player or an eventual roster cut?
What about the prorated $900k bonus already paid out?
As I wrote before, Reiss was very cryptic on July 26th "wondering" out loud which veteran would cause a camp surprise.
Given that Reiss did not report what he most likely already knew, I guess the 4 day delay was nothing more than allowing Ninko to walk away on his own terms with a little bit of spotlight still on him.
So....who will be the next Vrabel/ Ninko clone?
I'm convinced Reiss knew for days.
All good reasons. The key here is he passed his conditioning run and then went home. I'm sure BB and he had a heart to heart and told him he was in a dogfight for a roster spot and Nink told Bill he wasn't sure he had it in him for one more year.
Because of the respect Bill had for Nink, he told him to go home and think about what he wants to do.
Today will will learn what Nink has decided