Motorin'

Yeah, No. Josh said they decided as a team to keep their decisions about the vaccine in house and that they wouldn't be talking about it publicly. I didn't hear Josh call the players union names and threaten to retire after saying he refused to follow NFL policy.

Yeah, the sacrifice unvaccinated players are being asked to make is nothing compared to what Marines go through. And they probably get paid less in one year than what Beasley makes in one practice.

That is a valid point you bring up. It just occurred to me that the guy played on a broken leg, and probably took lots of pain meds to get through. Then he shows up to mini-camp touting a broken tooth and takes to Twitter with emotionally charged posts. I'm not trying to attack the content of his comments by suggesting he's high. Rather I'm expressing concern for the guy's well being. I hope he's not addicted to anything, but if that has anything to do with his behavior I hope he gets help...

Opioid addiction is no joke. If Cole's outburst has anything to do with emotional swings from substances, I hope he gets help. I know from personal experience how hard they are to kick after serious injury, and how bad the emotional swings are. I can't help but wonder...

I think this thread has been mostly civil, while allowing posters to express vast disagreements. I actually try to stay out of the politics board, because it is not a place where civility is bred. I got sucked in over the past year because I had more time on my hands, but over the last few months have been posting there less and less.

Yeah, Bease is vocalizing what went unspoken last season. Not a great position to put the team in.

You seem to be missing the obvious. There's not just one unvaccinated player. It's all the unvaccinated players being restricted from situations that increase the potential to transmit the disease to all of the other unvaccinated payers. I wonder if Tommy Sweeney got Covid from a teammate last year who was just as adamant as Beasley about not following the protocols outside the building?

There is a way to do that. You state why you think the current protocols are wrong, the negative effect they have and then you offer an alternative solution that has better outcomes. And then there's what Cole Beasley did. Which is call names, throw a tantrum, say he's not going to follow the rules and then threaten to quit.

Stop making this about what this is about!

I did miss that... I really don't like the distraction this is causing, but calling for him to be cut because of his emotional comments is an emotional reaction at this point. My hope is that he comes to his senses and realizes that playing in the NFL requires tremendous sacrifice. And that the amount of discomfort and restriction from the protocols he's subjected to is minute compared to what many other professions endure, and certainly minimal compared to being deployed overseas. I really wish he had stuck to his guns when he said he'd be back on social media next year. I don't like potential this has to turn into a greater distraction... At the same time, he has the right to use his platform to say whatever he wants... When the rubber hits the road is if / when he actively flaunts the protocols and his actions, not his words, are in violation of NFL Covid policy. At that point, it stops being about his freedom and becomes about him being a literal danger to his team. No, it has nothing to do with him not taking the vaccine and everything to do with him telling the NFL he refuses to follow the rules for vaccinated players.

You missed the whole thing where he said he won't follow the NFL Covid protocols put in place even if he has to retire.

I'm going to guess that it will coincide with overall death rates. More people died of Covid in the US in one year than the total amount of US soldiers that died during both WWI and WWII. So if / when the number of fatalities lower to flu like rather than world war like, is probably when the restrictions will be gone... We just don't know when that will be.

Absolutely. I personally hope he takes some deep breaths, and realizes that the team is bigger than he is. But if he wants to retire over the Coivd restrictions no one is going to force him to play.

Why should he have to wear a helmet on the field if he doesn't want to? Why should he he not smoke crack before the game if he doesn't want to? Because he has a contract that says he'll follow the rules that have been put in place to protect him and his teammates.

I have no idea what you're trying to say.

No, he should abide by the protocols for unvaccinated players.

Cause when unvaccinated teammates get infected by unvaccinated teams who refused to follow the protocols, then you end up playing on a Tues night with Brandon Powell as your starting QB.

Vaccines aren't mandatory. Follow me here, so if Bease isn't vaccinated, then other players may not be vaccinated... The vaccine is also not full proof. Kind of like condoms... Don't want to use a condom, cool. There are potential consequences... Also try not to ***** over your teammates.

Yeah, but no one in the NFL is forcing vaccination. Beasley wants to have no travel restrictions and no restrictions on having family with him on the road. Those protocols are to limit the chance of Bease from spread the disease to his teammates. Don't get vaccinated, that's your right. Refuse to take precautions from potentially spreading the pandemic to your teammates, that's selfish.

Yeah, it's part of the bargain when you accept the multi-million dollar salary. And it's almost like Bease doesn't get that his actions effect his teammates in this matter. Idk, maybe he'll write an emo rap song about how unfair the world is to NFL wr's who don't want to play by the rules.

Impossible, I read on here that McD is cutting him before the start of training camp.

I think that's Kwame Cavil, unless it's Avion Black?

Star does not look skinny. In good shape, but not skinny.

Did he really use the word "Envenoms?"