This does not sound like a Campbell and Holmes guy. I hope he kills it and stays healthy, but I haven't heard any player talk like this since this regime took over. This was the verbal version of
Brad trying to sell him as an “addition” was bullshyt
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Brad trying to sell him as an “addition” was bullshyt
He's not a bad player, per se, but that attitude and lack of availability is a discouraging combination.
Piff Perkins
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What attitude? He doesn't like talking to the media, who cares. There has been zero indication he's a problem in the locker room and he plays hard. All the camp reports I've seen this week say he looks great. Jahmyr Gibbs sounds low energy to the media too. Zero impact on the field.
My issue is that he's a risk, on top of other risks that have already bombed out. Levi is done, Paschal is out until September. The problem with relying on injury prone players is that when you have injuries from reliable, non-injury prone guys (Hutch, Barnes, Alim, Anzalone etc last year) it makes everything look worse. Carlton Davis had a long injury history and ended up missing time at the worst possible moment (playoffs). Davenport had a long injury history and played two games. Those two losses on top of the other, less predictable injuries compounded the situation and blew up in our face.
Piff Perkins
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I have zero issue with trading Anzalone if he doesn't want to play out the last year of his deal. Maybe I'm wrong and a deal gets signed soon BUT it sure seems like the front office thinks Campbell and Barnes are the future. Finding a Will LB to replace or replicate Anzalone on a cheap deal (or via the draft next year) wouldn't be hard, plus they clearly trust Rodrigo to play that role too when he comes back from injury.
Dunno what the Jets' LB situation is like but maybe Aaron Glenn would want to trade for Anzalone. Obviously he's really good in our defense, I'm not saying he's bad. But Campbell is a borderline top 10 LB already and I think Barnes is going to be great at SAM. This is why I thought we were gonna draft Jihaad Campbell when he was still on the board at 28 lol.
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Davenport seems like he’d have signed a 1 day deal and retired as a saint if we didn’t sign him back. He will never play better than he believes he will