Earl Thomas "Extend me or trade me"

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Here's What's Actually Going On | By Earl Thomas

If you’re risking your body to deliver all of this value to an organization, then you deserve some sort of assurance that the organization will take care of you if you get hurt. It’s that simple. This isn’t new, and this isn’t complicated. It’s the reason I’m holding out — I want to be able to give my everything, on every play, without any doubt in my mind.

And it’s the reason why I’m asking the Seahawks to do one of two things:

Offer me an extension.

Or trade me to a team that wants me to be part of their future.

I wish I was at a camp right now — and I’m talking right now. I’m ready. I’ve been preparing my body all off-season to be at an NFL camp.

All I want is to be out there playing. Instead I’m here working out … and waiting.


I love Seattle.

With that being said … I also have learned why I need to take care of this business side of things. In the NFL, no matter what you’ve done or what you’ve accomplished, teams are constantly reminding you that you don’t matter.
The last contract I signed with Seattle, I did it with the Legion of Boom in mind. I think our unit will be remembered as one of the greatest in history. And I wanted the team to be able to keep us together. But one by one, pretty much all of those guys have left — and a lot of the time, not on great terms.
But I’m standing strong on this — because I’ve got to. I’m standing strong when it comes to getting what I deserve. I’ve been one of the best defensive players in this league for the better part of a decade, and the numbers show that this team plays much better with me than without me. Beyond that, I still have some great years of football left in my tank. I’m not even close to slowing down. I’m still working to get better.

In the end, it’s like I said: If the Seahawks don’t intend on having me around for the long-term, then I understand. And if they want to start over and rebuild, then that’s their right — it’s part of the business. It’s not what I want … but I get it. All I ask, though, is that if that’s the case, and they don’t want me anymore — just please trade me to an organization that does.

Please trade me to a team that wants me, so I can give my all to them for the rest of my career.

:mjcry: can hear the tears hitting the keyboard on those last paragraphs
 

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He trashed his stock cryin to Garrett. Then Mark davis.
They got bit by doing this for Kam who'll never play again.
He's been one of my favorites for years and it'll be a shame to see him go, but I don't see this working out the way he'd like it to :yeshrug:
 

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He trashed his stock cryin to Garrett. Then Mark davis.
They got bit by doing this for Kam who'll never play again.
He's been one of my favorites for years and it'll be a shame to see him go, but I don't see this working out the way he'd like it to :yeshrug:
Smh just send em home to Dallas
 

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So he willing to lose 6.5 million this season

Cause I already know no team going to give him a big contract at 30 years old, the way we seeing a lot of young hungry safeties out here and teams trying to build around offenses and on defense trying to pay defensive lineman and linebackers
 

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He trashed his stock cryin to Garrett. Then Mark davis.
They got bit by doing this for Kam who'll never play again.
He's been one of my favorites for years and it'll be a shame to see him go, but I don't see this working out the way he'd like it to :yeshrug:

Why you say that?
 

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So he willing to lose 6.5 million this season

Cause I already know no team going to give him a big contract at 30 years old, the way we seeing a lot of young hungry safeties out here and teams trying to build around offenses and on defense trying to pay defensive lineman and linebackers
I think he’s back banking on the new hawks secondary getting toasted early on, that’s his only real leverage.
 

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Why you say that?
Teams weren't willing to pony up what we wanted or what he thought he's worth. He made it clear he wanted to go to c00n central.
We aren't giving him up for scraps for obvious reasons and he's been talkin to Garrett, Davis, saying he's done with the team and selling his Seattle home.
Popping shyt and apologizin, they gonna fukk around and tag his ass.
He just couldn't stay out of his own damn way. And he will be missing out on checks until not being able to play hurts the competitor inside him too much.
This letter was the last resort before full blown tail tucked between his legs return.
 
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