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JaWuan James has opted out per source. Broncos lose RT for year.
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Originally posted by BroncosIsLife View PostThis is beyond comedy with this dude. Just...I can't...this is like Sam Bradford levels of fleecing a team...lol.....
Who is out there as FA players go? Pretty sure Donald Penn is still a free agent. Stopgap RT??
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Originally posted by bfallona View PostBy far the worst free agent signing of the Elway era with no way out. I am a Bronco fan for the last 25 yrs, but this hurts and will hurt till he is gone. His former coach ( Vic F) vouched for him, Elway bit and now this. Just negotiate the best settlement you can and say by. 3 games with 27 million guaranteed is about 9 million a game from someone who knows how to game the nfl. Find a way to buy him out as he WILL NEVER PLAY ANOTHER DOWN OF FOOTBALL & is not getting younger or better sitting on a couch. WOW! Try Risner at RT along with others and wait for camp cuts he will never play a down for Denver.
Think I'd rather see Dalton at RT before Wilkinson, Rodgers or Anderson, but that's just me."Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes." ~ Publilius Syrus
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I have a funny feeling that J.James took as long as he did to opt out as he and his wife likely knew that it could mean the end of him here in Denver. What was and should be of note for many here is that in the letter he called out that he spent time and money to get his body right before the season to have a "bounce-back year". At the end of the day though as he stated he just had a newborn in May. After seeing what baseball has had happen I honestly cannot blame him. I wish him and his family the best. Now if we are going to be fair here it would be in OUR best interest to look at all of the OT's we have and see if there is a James replacement.
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Originally posted by Peerless View PostYeah. Safe to say James will never live up to that ridiculous contract. I could see the FO manning up and cutting him later on.
Who is out there as FA players go? Pretty sure Donald Penn is still a free agent. Stopgap RT??"Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes." ~ Publilius Syrus
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I like this move because I never expected him to play either way, Covid or no Covid.
At least now it forces John Elway’s hand to go out and find us a real right tackle. It is Elway’s fault in my opinion, serves him right for grossly over paying for James and then Ignoring the position in the draft.
Mad props to Juwann James right now, he had to take himself out because Elway is far too stubborn to do so!
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Originally posted by Skylan View PostWhatever, he opted out of last year too. Did anyone actually feel we could count on him for a year even without the pandemic?
However I still don’t blame him, I blame John Elway for having so much faith in such a player with a horrible reputation. Adam Gase has to be laughing his ass off right now
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Originally posted by FR Tim View PostTrying really hard to be understanding of his decision. But it is really tough to do so. Looking at most of the responses it looks like most share the emotions.
James has been a complete failure of a signing and not because of any "false narrative". After two teams now, it is time to realize he is one of those players looking for a reason not to play instead of looking for one to get back out there. And cutting him (buy out) will suck because it comes with a $6M dead cap cost.
Decision is made. Wish him and his family luck.
On to the problem at hand. How do they replace him? Free agent cupboard is barren, even for a backup let alone a starter. Trade? Does anyone know if his cap money is now usable for the season? Having his $13M would be helpful.
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I should have seen this coming. He is the definition of an 'opt-out' player. smh.
When players opt-out there are some comments around the net about how much respect we should give them, pfffff.... respect for what ? Sitting on their butts for a year when they haven't played for months while everyone else carries on with life and goes to work. I respect the players who get on with life, not ones driven by fear, they look pathetic and lazy to me.
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Originally posted by Sam_Z View PostMy point exactly!
However I still don’t blame him, I blame John Elway for having so much faith in such a player with a horrible reputation. Adam Gase has to be laughing his ass off right now
Ah, yeah.. sorry I wasn't replying to your post, although rereading it kinda seemed that way, just making a statement in general. I don't blame any player for opting out, and I'd consider it myself if I was a player. I mean I've opted out of going into the office for the last 5 months in order to protect my health and football players can't work from home.
This one just leaves a bad taste in my mouth because it's pretty apparent this guy isn't really interested in playing. So did he really opt out because of COVID or does he just not want to play?
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