Who gave him the ok to return from a serious injury and surgery? Was it the Jets doctors or Chads? That kind of injury needed more healing and rehab than he got.He came back too soon and we all know it.If I were Chad id say cut me and i would sue the pants off the organization and the doctors for a career ending injury.He would be paid off quite well and no longer need to play football or work the rest of his life.
It was herm. He asked chad if he was ready to play chad said yes DUH!!! players like chad want to play. Herm miss handled chad and if he sat him until he was ready we wouldnt be in the mess
I don't disagree, but in the end it's Chads fault. Herm is gone, and Herm was going to be gone eventually. It's Chad career, not anyone elses. He tried to be a tough guy. It's going to end up costing him millions. If you're hurt, sit down for your own good and the good of the team.
I am going to say it was both there faults. Chad should have known to rest up and fully recover and Herman shouldn't have been such a soft ass and let any player play when they are obviously injured and hurting the teams chances *COUGH* CURTIS MARTIN *COUGH*
No doubt he should have sat out until mid-season at the very least, but you have to wonder if Chad would have knowingly put his career on the line against medical advice. Can't see it. Can't see it simply because he just seems, well, smarter than that as a rule and not by exception. Who is to say a lawsuit is beyond the realm of possibility. Mum's the word, and he isn't about to shoot himself in the foot - er, the shoulder. He'll do whatever is in his best interest in the end, and time will tell whether or not he has any true legal recourse. Time will tell if he'll ever play again while we're at it, and that's got to be a big part of what will go down. I discussed this at length with a friend in the immediate aftermath. "Watch Pennington sue the entire organization from the Owner to the Towel Boy and completely bankrupt the Jets." Then we laughed. Then we stared at each other. :lol: And that whole idea that he's made of glass, injury prone, blah blah. I don't buy that, either. It's luck of the draw, but we always draw the death card. Yep.
He made the decision to come back, and generally your employer has no duty to look out for you, you're responsible to take care of yourself. You can't just sue people because you fucked up; you need an actual legal cause. What exactly would Chad sue over? You waive most of your rights anyway when you sign the contract; it's expected that you can be injured in football. I don't see Carson Palmer suing anybody...
i blame herm for this. herm left him in the buffalo game when he originally injured it for about a quarter or so after it happened. then, the Jets knowing full well it was a torn rotator cuff allowed him to come back and play after that (he didnt do such a bad job in the playoffs when you consider our options were relapsing cokehead carter and brooks bollinger), but the point is, the organization did this to chad, and now they expect him to give back all that money which they gave to him in writing. pretty low in my book, but it would be funny after chad likely gets cut if he goes to another team and performs at a high level.
True enough on some score. But Carson Palmer has yet to return from that injury under similar circumstances. And, I'm hardpressed to believe Chad returned "on his own" against medical advice (what organization would knowingly allow that for a player of that magniture?!); OR that he returned based on trumped up medical go ahead. The latter would mean Chad conspired with this one and that one, etc., etc. and the Jets could sue him in that scenario. Hell, I'll sue him - for pain and suffering. I'm not saying Chad has a case because it's a baseless idea, pure conjecture without facts. Alot of what goes on in sports is always going to be just that: conjecture. What I am saying is Chad's situation has who knows what written all over it. Who said what when and where, it's never been clear; and I suspect there's drama of some sort in store down the road.
Chad and everyone else claims the injury was unrelated, so he'd have a mighty hard time trying to convince a court that it is now related. The Jets have medical experts that would testify that Chad was medically cleared, and all Chad can do at this point is claim that they lied, or try to find experts of his own after the fact. I wouldn't mind suing Chad either. I have an authentic jersey with his name on it after all. While Chad was making millions, I lost $140 on it.
Well, you're not out $140. You did get SOME use out of it. I don't know how depreciation works on a jersey, but if you wore it opening day last year and the guy at the deli saw you in it that's 2 bucks. Walking to your car someone beeped their horn and yelled out J! E! T! S!, you looked at them and went , Yeah, Whoooooo!!!!!, that's maybe 4 bucks....... I would never buy a Jersey of any player in any sport. Geeky, IMO. On warm game days I wear T shirt or Tank top, cold games I wear a freaken coat.
Right on that (unrelated); but did he look uh, ready to you right up until he pinwheeled and kachunked in the Jax game? That's what I'm alluding to, his clearance to go PERIOD. Like I said, luck of the draw...On the flip side of your jersey, imagine how much this is going to be worth someday... Hehehe.
Abraham's selfish for sitting because he was injured Pennington's stupid for playing when he was injured The epitome of Jet Fan Logic, and I admit, I'm 100% guilty of the same type of thinking. Ok who's gonna get pissed at me and meticulously explain the difference between the two situations? lol
He was cleared by his doctors to play. He was put on a rehab schedule which he completed and he was certified healthy to play. If the doctors clear your starting QB to play you play him. If he was brought back to early you can bet there would have been a lawsuit filed a long time ago against whatever doctors rushed him back or against the Jets if they did so. The examinations after the second injury said the 2nd injury had nothing to do with the first injury. People can second quess, play Monday morning doctor and try to convince each other they know more than Jets doctors all they want but there is no evidence that he was brought back to soon or that his 1st injury had anything to do with his second injury. But its all made up so they can blam,e whoemever they want. Life is not always fair. Sometimes good things happen for no reason and sometimes bad things happen. We cannot control everything and often there is no one to blame.
Did the Jets doctors release him? If so he has a lawsuit the organizations doctors do not care about players personal agendas.Its all about putting the best team on the field and winning.They took a gamble on releasing him too soon and they lost.Chad will sue the organization if hes cut i guarantee it.
we already are the NJ Jets we play in New Jersey and soon will have training camp in New Jersey corporate offices will be in New Jersey so learn to like it you have NO choice.
