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Originally Posted by Hackey
He didn't necessarily need it immediately but he needed it. So why would he continue playing for a team he's done with when he needs the surgery eventually when he can just have it now and be 100% for the next team he plays for?
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This is kind of exactly what the people you are arguing with are saying. Everyone can see the logic in his scenario. Why put yourself at further risk for a team you don't want to play for? Makes perfect sense.
It's also s***ty to do so when the current team, who is paying you the ridiculous dough you like to flaunt, is in the middle of a playoff push and shows a "me-first" mentality on a part of the player.
All the events leading up to this has lead to his decision to do it now rather than in a few months, thereby removing the teams (supposed) best player from their roster for the most important stretch of any season since the team moved there.
No doubt the Jets played a part in all of this. But he's walking away from his team at a crucial time. And regardless of how talented he is, this is a game that requires the work of all players, and other teams will recognize that this scenario (among the many others from before) shows he is not a team player and is likely the root of the problem. Not the Jets management or the rest of the team, however they mishandled it themselves.