At LEAST a few
Which has a major impact on his value
[quite]But we simply don’t know what progress he made in rehab. He had never been in rehab before that, and his reason why he had to enter is irrelevant now. What’s relevant is what state of mind he’s at right now. Did the rehab work or not? So far, he hasn’t failed any known tests, so all we can really say at this point in time is that it worked.
Pretty sure he has been to rehab multiple times. Mandated by nfl I believe.
You are mixing up your straw man arguments.
I am taking about his trade value. It is virtually non existent because of his history, likelihood or relapse and consequence of getting caught yet again in terms of the length of the next suspension which could be life.
If he was a fa asking the minimum I would think about it, but would have to consider him an extra piece that could be taken away on a days notice, which makes it tough when building a roster.[/QUOTE]
I’ll make it simple. I do not think they see a need in trading away a 2nd and Gordon for Cooks, a guy who is on the last year of his deal anyway.
Obviously Cooks is much better, but I don’t think they’d just throw Gordon into the deal as an extra piece. There’s no point in them doing so.
Cooks is probably worth a 2nd at best at this point in terms of current trade value. They’re not going to throw in a guy they are paying nothing for on a no risk, high reward type of deal.
Now you’re saying that it’s pointless because you think he’ll just get suspended again. That I can understand. But you can’t deny that he’s still talented, he produced fairly well in the final games he played. Why not pay really low for a guy like that? They don’t have any use in giving him away.