Byron Jones - Dolphins CB - Says He Can't Play Anymore

[H2o]

Apparently his body has broken down from all the injuries. He also makes mention of using pills or injections, saying they contributed to his current state. Almost wonder if a liability lawsuit of some kind may follow. 

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/byron-jones-seems-to-indicate-hes-done-playing-football/

 

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Retweeting the video of his impressive 12-foot, three-inch long jump from the 2015 Combine, Jones said this: “Much has changed in 8 years. Today I can’t run or jump because of my injuries sustained playing this game. DO NOT take the pills they give you. DO NOT take the injections they give you. If you absolutely must, consult an outside doctor to learn the long-term implications.”

 

[Punching Bag]

As usual players do not want to pay back bonuses which teams are entitled to if they retire early; even Barry Sanders had to pay back.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/report-byron-jones-isnt-retiring-despite-his-tweets/

 

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The tweets posted on Saturday by Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones created the clear impression that he’s unable to play football. Which could mean he’s done playing football.

So much easier to spend the money than earn it.

 

Mijami should put him on PUP list repeatedly until NFL Commissioner tells they have to do otherwise.

 

 

[H2o]

8 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

As usual players do not want to pay back bonuses which teams are entitled to if they retire early; even Barry Sanders had to pay back.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/report-byron-jones-isnt-retiring-despite-his-tweets/

 

So much easier to spend the money than earn it.

 

Mijami should put him on PUP list repeatedly until NFL Commissioner tells they have to do otherwise.

 

 

They'll cut him for cap purposes at some point, probably post June 1 to spread out the hit. 

[Punching Bag]

1 minute ago, H2o said:

They'll cut him for cap purposes at some point, probably post June 1 to spread out the hit. 

 

Yes that was speculated in the article.  He played two years out of a five year contract.  If he is cut Phish hold no rights.  He could take a year off and then say rest does a body good and try to return and he just pocketed large amount of money.   NFL needs to tell players if you claim you cannot play to get teams to let you go then you cannot come back.  ......  Same as Bills fan which jump the table.

[GunnerBill]

Miami's reputation for managing injuries, eh...

[MrEpsYtown]

Pretty bad look for the Dolphins when you consider the Tua stuff as well

[H2o]

5 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

Yes that was speculated in the article.  He played two years out of a five year contract.  If he is cut Phish hold no rights.  He could take a year off and then say rest does a body good and try to return and he just pocketed large amount of money.   NFL needs to tell players if you claim you cannot play to get teams to let you go then you cannot come back.  ......  Same as Bills fan which jump the table.

It's possible he could attempt to come back at some point, but he'll be 31 in September. I think he may actually be done. 

[Sestak4ever]

He tells players in the article to not take the pills or injections the teams gives you. The league, unfortunately, doesn’t care about the long term implications of their “get back on the field” treatments. Not sure, but it almost seems that certain teams are more guilty of this approach than others.

[HOUSE]

I noticed the whole team can't play

[MJS]

1 hour ago, Sestak4ever said:

He tells players in the article to not take the pills or injections the teams gives you. The league, unfortunately, doesn’t care about the long term implications of their “get back on the field” treatments. Not sure, but it almost seems that certain teams are more guilty of this approach than others.

It's obvious. The Bills have put a TON of money into bringing state-of-the-art equipment, techniques, and training to help their players. Players do nothing but rave about everything the Bills have done to help players recover from injuries and get back to 100%. The Bills seem to be very cautious about bringing players back too soon.

 

Then there's the Dolphins...

[BringBackFergy]

2 hours ago, Limeaid said:

As usual players do not want to pay back bonuses which teams are entitled to if they retire early; even Barry Sanders had to pay back.

 

 

So much easier to spend the money than earn it

 

 

Imagine if he has student loans forgiven by the NFL?

[Punching Bag]

2 hours ago, MJS said:

It's obvious. The Bills have put a TON of money into bringing state-of-the-art equipment, techniques, and training to help their players. Players do nothing but rave about everything the Bills have done to help players recover from injuries and get back to 100%. The Bills seem to be very cautious about bringing players back too soon.

 

Then there's the Dolphins...

 

The Anti-Bills - like @Mr. WEO

[The Wiz]

2 hours ago, MJS said:

It's obvious. The Bills have put a TON of money into bringing state-of-the-art equipment, techniques, and training to help their players. Players do nothing but rave about everything the Bills have done to help players recover from injuries and get back to 100%. The Bills seem to be very cautious about bringing players back too soon.

 

Then there's the Dolphins...

 

[BarleyNY]

5 hours ago, Limeaid said:

As usual players do not want to pay back bonuses which teams are entitled to if they retire early; even Barry Sanders had to pay back.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/report-byron-jones-isnt-retiring-despite-his-tweets/

 

So much easier to spend the money than earn it.

 

Mijami should put him on PUP list repeatedly until NFL Commissioner tells they have to do otherwise.

 

 

While that was also my first guess on the situation, looking at his contract I do not think that’s it. He got a $10.5M SB in 2020 and the low salary years are behind him. I doubt the Dolphins could get back any money anyway. And it’s only $4.2M at stake anyway. Not that clearly stating that injuries are the issue isn’t the smart move by him. 

5 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

Yes that was speculated in the article.  He played two years out of a five year contract.  If he is cut Phish hold no rights.  He could take a year off and then say rest does a body good and try to return and he just pocketed large amount of money.   NFL needs to tell players if you claim you cannot play to get teams to let you go then you cannot come back.  ......  Same as Bills fan which jump the table.

He played three years of his five year contract. Link

 

[jlgarsh]

6 hours ago, The Wiz said:

 

Didn't a goalie just die the other day? 

[Long Suffering Fan]

10 hours ago, The Wiz said:

 

 

Scott Sterling!  Sweet, buttered crumpets!  It starts slow, but well worth the watch.  

 

 

[ProcessTruster]

after his making over $50m +, my heart bleeds for him.   have a nice life Byron

[Big Turk]

It's really crazy that even with modern surgery and medicine that some people still can't come back...or it says that he didn't attack his rehab the way he probably needed to.

[Beck Water]

1 hour ago, H2o said:

Apparently his body has broken down from all the injuries. He also makes mention of using pills or injections, saying they contributed to his current state. Almost wonder if a liability lawsuit of some kind may follow. 

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/byron-jones-seems-to-indicate-hes-done-playing-football/

 

 

 

The players absolutely should consult the second opinions they have a contractual right to consult, but the man claims he could not forsee injuries playing a violent sport?

 

If no amount of financial gain is worth the avoidable pain and disabilities, then....he could have stopped playing football after or during college, got a "little job" like us "little people", and forgone the $69.425M he's earned playing football

 

 

 

[Heavy Kevi]

9 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

The players absolutely should consult the second opinions they have a contractual right to consult, but the man claims he could not forsee injuries playing a violent sport?

 

If no amount of financial gain is worth the avoidable pain and disabilities, then....he could have stopped playing football after or during college, got a "little job" like us "little people", and forgone the $69.425M he's earned playing football

 

 

 

 

I get it that he's upset. But this statement "no amount..." Is stupid. What these athletes quickly forget is that normal folks that make a normal living often trade in their bodies to feed their families for a much smaller piece of the pie than Jones got.

 

That construction worker that just barely pays his bills will end up with unavoidable health problems and body breakdown too, and he'll work 5 times longer to earn a fraction of an NFL player.

 

Furthermore, it's easy to look back and say this when you already made your money, but you go up to the average 20 year old student football player and say "welcome to the NFL. We'll pay you 70mil in less than a decade but you'll get injured and have long term health ramifications"... They'd play anyway, and with bells on. And they do.

[Drew21PA]

What is it with the dolphins organization?

 

sheesh they are a mess!!!

 

brady tampering

jones 

tua 

 

yikes 

[T master]

Well there is one thing i have never been able to understand about the NFL they have all of these banned substances on a list that these guys can't take & may even invest by accident true no knowing that it is in something they eat & yet if they are playing and get a injury they can just run into the locker room or in the blue tent & get a shot of pain killer or take a pill to kill the pain & continue playing .

 

We could use the Brett Favre version of this to see exactly how one might become dependent on these drugs which are okay in the NFL's eyes to keep the good players on the field to sell their product & to hell with what might become of their long term health talk about a double standard .

 

This may be in part what this guy is saying as far as the long term effects of taking these pain killers to continue playing despite your body having something wrong with it that they can no longer feel because of the drugs & it doing more damage because they continue to play .

 

Yet pot is bad go figure ... Almost makes as much sense as some of their recent rules around certain protocols .

[Beck Water]

2 hours ago, Heavy Kevi said:

 

I get it that he's upset. But this statement "no amount..." Is stupid. What these athletes quickly forget is that normal folks that make a normal living often trade in their bodies to feed their families for a much smaller piece of the pie than Jones got.

 

That construction worker that just barely pays his bills will end up with unavoidable health problems and body breakdown too, and he'll work 5 times longer to earn a fraction of an NFL player.

 

Furthermore, it's easy to look back and say this when you already made your money, but you go up to the average 20 year old student football player and say "welcome to the NFL. We'll pay you 70mil in less than a decade but you'll get injured and have long term health ramifications"... They'd play anyway, and with bells on. And they do.

 

That's actually a really good point.  The people I know who work in construction all make very good money, so if they can barely pay their bills it's 'cuz they're a bit Extra with buying toys and running up debt.  But, you're right, a lot of them are working in chronic pain from back or neck or knee injuries by their 30s, and they've only made a fraction of what Byron Jones has made at 30. 

 

Same thing with nurses and CNAs, they learn how to move and lift patients in the safest ways but still, by the time they're in their 30s chronic pain from back injuries are very common.  And they don't get 5 months away from the floor to heal up, either.

 

I also think, truth be told, that some of these football players may be standing in the way of their own healing processes with alcohol or recreational drugs or not paying attention to medical advice - didn't it come out that when Sammy Watkins foot fracture didn't heal up right it was because he took off his walking boot and was following his own training protocol instead of following the physician's instructions?

Edited February 26, 2023 by Beck Water

[Malazan]

3 hours ago, ProcessTruster said:

after his making over $50m +, my heart bleeds for him.   have a nice life Byron

 

Yep, for all his cluster he would do it all over again for the money.

[Mr. WEO]

15 hours ago, Limeaid said:

 

The Anti-Bills - like @Mr. WEO

 

 

Nah...just Anti-BS

[Punching Bag]

8 hours ago, Drew21PA said:

What is it with the dolphins organization?

 

sheesh they are a mess!!!

 

brady tampering

jones 

tua 

 

yikes 

 

 

Something certainly smells fishy in Mijami.

[Thurman#1]

On 2/26/2023 at 7:04 AM, Limeaid said:

 

Yes that was speculated in the article.  He played two years out of a five year contract.  If he is cut Phish hold no rights.  He could take a year off and then say rest does a body good and try to return and he just pocketed large amount of money.   NFL needs to tell players if you claim you cannot play to get teams to let you go then you cannot come back.  ......  Same as Bills fan which jump the table.

 

 

With Miami he was scheduled to make $28M in 2023 and 2024 combined. Taking a year off and coming back as a 32 year old looking for a new contract, I suppose it's possible he might do better financially that way, but I really doubt it.

 

This is probably about what he says it's about.

[Nextmanup]

On 2/25/2023 at 5:10 PM, GunnerBill said:

Miami's reputation for managing injuries, eh...

There's no way in hell Miami is the only franchise operating in this manner.

They are the only one stupid enough to manage things so poorly, it was obvious they were doing it.

 

I'd be there are more franchises operating like Miami than not.

 

 

[RocCityRoller]

16 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

There's no way in hell Miami is the only franchise operating in this manner.

They are the only one stupid enough to manage things so poorly, it was obvious they were doing it.

 

I'd be there are more franchises operating like Miami than not.

 

iirc the Jets were being called out a few years ago by some players over injury rehab and management.

 

As for a 30-31 yr old admitting his body isn't up to the rigors of playing a contact sport, good for him.

If the construction worker/ plumber/ nurse had that option, I am sure they would do the same.

[Fleezoid]

On 2/26/2023 at 8:26 AM, Long Suffering Fan said:

 

Scott Sterling!  Sweet, buttered crumpets!  It starts slow, but well worth the watch.  

 

 

 

Omg. I haven't laughed like that in a long time. I must be a moron and a bad person because I thought it was real at the first couple of kicks, which made it even funnier. 

[Mark Long Beach]

7 hours ago, Fleezoid said:

 

Omg. I haven't laughed like that in a long time. I must be a moron and a bad person because I thought it was real at the first couple of kicks, which made it even funnier. 

Me Too!    Amazing