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Lamar Jackson

rmcjacket23 said:
What kind of update is he supposed to be getting? If neither the doctor, nor the player, know when he'll be recovered, how do you provide an update on something you don't know? It's not like his return is easily identifiable or scheduled.

Should they be suspicious? No, not really. What's clear is that there's two things fans are doing wrong:
a) they're taking any timeline from literally anybody as gospel. Like most of the baseline for what people were expecting didn't come from John or literally anybody within the organization. It came from guys like Adam Schefter, who tweeted out ranges for the injury based on how others with similar, but not identical injuries, have had.
b) fans have zero ability to deviate off those timelines, or even comprehend the fact that information might change. Basically, they've never had these types of injuries, so they think anybody who takes longer than what somebody else said they should is either a pussy or milking it.

So I understand why fans are suspicious, but it doesn't mean that suspicion is based on literally anything, other than pure ignorance. They just heard what somebody said, took it as gospel, and expect that nothing would change in the meantime.

As somebody who hasn't had Lamar's injury but has torn their ACL before, among other injuries, like broken bones, I can tell you I missed the "timeline" for recovery by many weeks in some cases and months in others. And not once did I think "man the doctor didn't know what he was doing".
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Lol, once again, I gave Lamar the benefit of the doubt because I’m not a doctor, nor am I on the inside of the organization, nor do I really give a shit in the grand scheme of things. Calm down fella. Take a chill. Lol
 
SaltyDog said:
Lol, once again, I gave Lamar the benefit of the doubt because I’m not a doctor, nor am I on the inside of the organization, nor do I really give a shit in the grand scheme of things. Calm down fella. Take a chill. Lol
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I mean OK, but are you really giving him the benefit of the doubt? Or are you "suspicious" because somebody told you that you should be?

Again, for me, it all comes down to fan expectations. If you're told one thing by literally anybody, and it doesn't happen, the first thing fans do is say "OK, who can I blame for this". And when there's nobody to blame, it just turns into a conspiracy theory of "somebody is hiding something from me".

Lamar's case is just one of many cases of this being true.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
I mean OK, but are you really giving him the benefit of the doubt? Or are you "suspicious" because somebody told you that you should be?

Again, for me, it all comes down to fan expectations. If you're told one thing by literally anybody, and it doesn't happen, the first thing fans do is say "OK, who can I blame for this". And when there's nobody to blame, it just turns into a conspiracy theory of "somebody is hiding something from me".

Lamar's case is just one of many cases of this being true.
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Well I’m not sure how I can spell this out for you bro, but again I have to give Lamar the benefit of the doubt because I can’t prove otherwise. He says he couldn’t play I have to accept that. All I’m doing is speculating about other possibilities, based on the information I have. And it’s not like fans were the only ones speculating about this. Hell, at least one of his team mates and many in the media were as well.

Also it has nothing to do with blaming anyone for anything. I’m just a fan bullshittin’ with other fans on a message board. Lol. Are you a fan? You speak as if you’re above the lowly flock fandom.

Any way, peace out. I see your point and I respect your opinion, but I don’t have to agree with you.
 
SaltyDog said:
Well I’m not sure how I can spell this out for you bro, but again I have to give Lamar the benefit of the doubt because I can’t prove otherwise. He says he couldn’t play I have to accept that. All I’m doing is speculating about other possibilities, based on the information I have. And it’s not like fans were the only ones speculating about this. Hell, at least one of his team mates and many in the media were as well.

Also it has nothing to do with blaming anyone for anything. I’m just a fan bullshittin’ with other fans on a message board. Lol. Are you a fan? You speak as if you’re above the lowly flock fandom.

Any way, peace out. I see your point and I respect your opinion, but I don’t have to agree with you.
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This is hilarious
 
Tank said:
Agree, except Lamar isn’t a running back or wide receiver. Players always have to play at less than 100% literally every season, especially your franchise QB.
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Look what happened to cam newton when he was going out there playing injure and lamar is much more mobile than him…panthers threw his ass away and so did the fans.. if im lamar, if i dnt wanna risk it, im not playing.. fans nor anyone with an opinion gonna take care of my family once those checks stop coming in
 
Deebo813 said:
Look what happened to cam newton when he was going out there playing injure and lamar is much more mobile than him…panthers threw his ass away and so did the fans.. if im lamar, if i dnt wanna risk it, im not playing.. fans nor anyone with an opinion gonna take care of my family once those checks stop coming in
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Panthers destroyed Cam.

One day we are going to understand that playing "hurt" in the NFL is a terrible idea.
 
Deebo813 said:
Look what happened to cam newton when he was going out there playing injure and lamar is much more mobile than him…panthers threw his ass away and so did the fans.. if im lamar, if i dnt wanna risk it, im not playing.. fans nor anyone with an opinion gonna take care of my family once those checks stop coming in
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We’re just talking here and don’t know either way, but bottom line if your getting paid $23 mil. and you can play, even it’s at like 80%, you need to get yo ass on the field if you can and help the team win.
 
gtalk12 said:
Panthers destroyed Cam.

One day we are going to understand that playing "hurt" in the NFL is a terrible idea.
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Tank said:
Cam destroyed Cam. Reckless running ruined him, not the Panthers.
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Don't think it was the running. Most actually look to a hit he took in the pocket against the Steelers where his decline started. He's hit as he was throwing and everything seemed to go downhill for him and the team after.

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redrum52 said:
Don't think it was the running. Most actually look to a hit he took in the pocket against the Steelers where his decline started. He's hit as he was throwing and everything seemed to go downhill for him and the team after.

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Of course it was Watt’s bitch ass
 
Tank said:
We’re just talking here and don’t know either way, but bottom line if your getting paid $23 mil. and you can play, even it’s at like 80%, you need to get yo ass on the field if you can and help the team win.
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If he was healthy enough to play i think he wouldve.. even if he was 80% but was scared to take the risk, id still understand his decision to sit out..
 
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