Fins72 Wrote:
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> colonel Wrote:
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> > Could it be that Devante Parker is "afraid" to
> > play at the NFL level and is feigning most
> medical
> > issues? It makes me wonder about it. Hmmm.
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> Colonel,
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> Afraid or soft... but in today's NFL, if a player
> can't play "hurt" he can't play at all. Players
> always have some type of injury... given the
> violent nature of the game. Great players play
> regardless. Ronnie Lott I think when he hurt his
> finger in a game, had them amputate part of it so
> he could go back. Bob Kuechenberg played in the
> Minnesota Super Bowl with a broken arm. Can you
> imagine Parker doing that? I'd have traded Parker
> a year ago. He's a waste of a roster spot. Gase
> who supposedly wanted to rid the team of players
> who weren't 100% invested in playing the game...
> who weren't "team" guys, oddly still kept Parker
> and Jordan Phillips on the team.
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I agree that Parker has been hurt quite a bit since joining the Fins, and some of those "hurts" he could have played thru, however, with a broken finger? He is a receiver....he needs that finger to be able to catch then hold on to the ball.I don't want him out there if he can't do the main thing he is being paid for...catch the ball.
Granted. Ronnie Lott had part of his finger cut off, but he was a DB and that finger wasn't needed (as much) for his position like it is for a receiver.