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This is some crazy shit
Indeed.
yes. i agree…
i was about to post some pictures. but i saw that it was what you had anyway.
so. in short. i agree.
this whole thing. reminds me of the cris carter fiasco back in 2002 was it?
i remember guys imagining a wr corps of bruce, holt, and carter. i think proehl was still a ram. and maybe hakim was already a lion at this point? i can’t remember. i’m looking at pro football reference right now.
and then cris goes to miami and sucks. and the rams start their slow descent back into some awful awful football.
hopefully, this turns out the exact opposite. rams sign suh, suh kicks ass. and the rams continue their ascent.
https://scout.com/nfl/vikings/Article/Huge-News-Day-For-Cris-Carter-104034033
Huge News Day For Cris Carter
Why is this man smiling? Because this photo was taken before Wednesday — arguably one of the most embarrassing days of Cris Carter’s post-Philadelphia career.
Tim Yotter – Mar 6, 2002In the span of 12 hours Wednesday, the ideal relationship of Hall of Fame receiver and Super Bowl title favorite came crashing down and there’s nobody to blame but Carter.
So much happened in the course of the day that VU was burning up the phone and e-mail lines and it’s easier to simply do it chronologically, so we present “The C Files.”
THE C FILES: A DAY OF INFAMY
* Carter leaves Miami Tuesday talking that he would like to play with the Dolphins, but VU learns that a Miami front office official says he believes Carter is simply using the Rams for leverage.
* Carter arrives in Cleveland and the Browns hit him with the home-town sentimentality, as well as claiming they will offer him a better package and a starter’s pay — as opposed to the Rams, who envision him as a third receiver with third-receiver pay.
* Hours before anything breaks on the Carter front, VU is told that Rams coach Mike Martz conducted a background check on Carter and might be having second thoughts. One key Ram in particular, RB Marshall Faulk, had a problem with Carter from the Pro Bowl a year ago, yelling at Carter for what Faulk perceived as a lack of blocking that left him open to big hits.
* Carter contacts the Rams Wednesday afternoon, claiming he is being held up in Cleveland — interpretation: trying to work out the numbers for a contract — and wants to delay his trip to St. Louis.
* Carter and the Browns don’t reach an immediate agreement and Carter contacts the Rams about rescheduling his visit for later Wednesday night.
* Martz, fed up after setting up a dinner meeting with Carter and several key Rams personnel and their wives, including QB Kurt Warner, tells Carter to forget the visit if he’s going to be late.
* Carter and the Browns don’t reach an immediate agreement and, while a deal looks more possible now than ever, no deal is done and the Rams aren’t happy.
* The badmouthing of Carter begins by the Rams, who, unlike the bunker mentality of the Vikings, speak more freely about team matters.
* VU is told the Rams won’t consider dealing with Carter again until after the league meetings March 17-22. However, they’re moving forward, planning to bring Tampa Bay WR Jacquez Green in for a visit Friday.
* VU learns that Carter called Martz more than a dozen times since the end of the season, claiming money isn’t an issue — pointing out how much he has made the last three seasons — and claimed all he wanted was to finally play for a Super Bowl team. Martz is disillusioned with Carter, saying if the Rams don’t fit that criteria, no team in the NFL does.
* VU is told that Rams Player Personnel VP Charley Armey was against the signing of Carter all along, concerned that he would be a bad influence in the locker room.
* Another source close to the Rams says that the Wednesday escapades show what a phony individual Carter is and that his interest in football is more selfish than team oriented.
* A front office source with the Rams says he’s convinced Carter will sign with Cleveland and has been told as much.
So goes the saga of Cris Carter. He wanted his ring. He wanted it badly from the number of times he called Martz. Yet, apparently more money can ease that pain. The Browns are a team on the rise and, perhaps in the next year or two, could be a Super Bowl contender. But the Rams already are and Carter possibly made the mistake of his life by passing up the chance to realize every player’s dream of being on a title team and playing for the last team standing at the end of a season.
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