Well, here's a lot more on the issue.
Cold Hard Football Facts has this today.
I'm not even going to get into it - read it for yourself. Direct quote from the CHFF story:
On Feb. 25, Mike Sando wrote(14th & 15th paragraphs):
Jackson was leading the NFL in touchdowns last season when a
turf-toe injury forced him to miss the final three games. The injury prevented
Jackson from achieving his third 1,000-yard season in four years and the fourth
overall.
Jackson still led the Seahawks with 63 catches for 956
yards and 10 touchdowns.
On March 4, Ron Borges wrote(2nd paragraph):
Jackson was
leading the NFL in touchdowns last season when a turf-toe injury forced him to
miss the final three games. The injury prevented him from reaching his third
1,000-yard season in four years, but Jackson still led Seattle with 63 catches
for 956 yards and 10 touchdowns.
***
On Feb. 25, Sando wrote(16th & 17th paragraphs):
But
trouble arose in March 2004 when former Seahawks president Bob Whitsitt
allegedly shorted Jackson on a contract offer. Jackson said he signed the deal
anyway at the urging of his father, who has since died. Whitsitt has dismissed
the charge as preposterous, while Ruskell has resisted honoring a promise that a
predecessor denies making.
The dispute has escalated ever since,
with the Seahawks and Jackson’s agents exchanging a series of blunt letters,
sources said.
On March 4, Borges wrote(3rd paragraph):
Trouble arose
with Seahawks management two years ago after former team president Bob Whitsitt
allegedly shorted Jackson on a contract offer. Jackson said he signed the deal
anyway at the urging of his father. Whitsitt has dismissed the charge as
preposterous, while present club president Tim Ruskell has refused to honor a
promise that another person denies making. The dispute has escalated, with the
Seahawks and Jackson's agents exchanging blunt
letters.
***
On Feb. 25, Sando wrote(18th paragraph):
When Ruskell
became Seahawks president in February 2005, one of his first moves was to issue
a letter to players outlining his expectations. He urged full participation in
the team’s offseason program, including minicamps, but Jackson let it be known
he would honor his contract but nothing more. Jackson subsequently skipped the
voluntary portions of minicamps.
On March 4, Borges wrote (4th paragraph):
When Ruskell
became Seahawks president in February 2005, one of his first moves was to issue
a letter to players outlining his expectations. He urged full participation in
the team's offseason program, including minicamps, but Jackson let it be known
he would honor his contract, but nothing more. Jackson subsequently skipped the
voluntary portions of minicamps.
***
]On Feb. 25, Sando wrote (21st & 22nd paragraphs):
The
damage did not show up on initial tests. The team recommended rest. Holmgren
avoided giving a timetable other than to say he thought it would be “shorter
more than longer” after speaking with Jackson. The team ruled out Jackson for
the next game.
Jackson, acting on the advice of Florida-based
agents Mooney and Kendall Almerico, sought a second opinion from Dr. John Uribe,
a prominent Miami orthopedist known for treating pro athletes.
On March 4, Borges wrote (6th paragraph):
The cartilage
damage did not show up on initial tests, and the team recommended rest. The team
ruled out Jackson for the next game. Jackson, acting on the advice of his
agents, sought a second opinion and later underwent surgery to repair the
lateral meniscus in his right knee.
***
On Feb. 25, Sando wrote (24th paragraph):
He (Jackson)
wondered if the team was trying to rush him back.
On March 4, Borges wrote (7th paragraph):
That led Jackson
to wonder whether the Seahawks had rushed him
back.
***
On Feb. 25, Sando wrote (28th & 29th paragraphs):
The
Seahawks had shipped a 2006 third-round pick to Minnesota after signing Vikings
receiver Nate Burleson, a restricted free agent. Ruskell followed that deal by
sending a 2007 first-round choice to New England for Branch shortly after the
2006 opener.
D.J. Hackett flashed starting potential last season,
setting career highs with 45 catches for 610 yards and four touchdowns. The team
is expected to retain Hackett’s rights by making one of the higher qualifying
offers under rules for restricted free agents.
On March 4, Borges wrote (8th paragraph):
By then the
Seahawks had shipped a 2006 third-round pick to Minnesota after signing Nate
Burleson, a restricted free agent, and a 2007 first-round choice to New England
for Deion Branch. When D.J. Hackett also flashed potential, setting career highs
with 45 catches for 610 yards and four touchdowns, it made Jackson expendable.
Ron Borges was bad when he became the comedic sideshow act that he is today.
He got significantly worse when he started blatantly plagiarizing another writer from Tacoma.
3 comments:
I think we all agree that Mr. Borges should just stick to writing about boxing. I honestly stopped reading his articles on football a while ago.
What we all what to know, THAT GUY, is what you think about the rumors about Moss. Would he change and be a team player if he came to New England and had Brady throwing to him? Is he worth one of their first rounders str8t up? Are the rumors of Billy B. being interested in him even true?
Yes without question I think the Patriots are serious.
He loves value. I think there's value there for Moss.
1st rounder, no way. 2nd - obviously not possible now.
maybe a 3rd and a 4th or something like that, sure. If the Raiders will let him go.
I think he'll shape up just like Dillon did.
I assume that Al Davis and the Raiders would demand a #1 pick for Randy Moss. I'd pull the trigger and trade the #28 overall pick for him. I think he would be more productive over the next three or four years with Brady than a Robert Meachem, Sidney Rice or Dwayne Bowe, which they would be lucky to draft at #28.
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