Richie served his time for crying out loud.
For some reason this morning, im nose-diving the fence.
Ive been rough on Incognito and its been deserved but ive also posted they all deserve to be disciplined, not crucified. I believed the discipline was to not offer the guy a contract as FA will be a horrible punishment enough as it is especially contractual wise.
Now im thinking, re-sign the guy with a similar contract he's probably going to get somewhere else; cheap & balls deep in clauses.
We wouldnt look too bad if PR doesnt f@$k it up ( a miracle but one can hope):
"We will offer Incognito a contract with heavy conditions, one of which will be mandatory therapy involving anger management and other facets for his betterment. We will monitor him with extreme vigilance. We have come to this decision not because he was an essential part of our oline and a pro bowl player but because of the vast support he has garnered in our locker room and around the league. Just 4 years ago, he was a model player. He can be again. He has been heavily disciplined not just by a heavy suspension and loss of pay but by the thrashing he has taken by the media.
Incognito's actions are not and will never be condoned and we are working on guidelines for locker room behavior with intentions of setting a blue print, not just for the Miami Dolphins, but the entire league.
As our locker room has done, we too shall support Incognito. And if he decides to seek other options, we will support him as well by letting all other teams know that Incognito's work ethic is unsurpassed . He has won the compassion and admiration of a locker room. And we believe that with proper care, Incognito can once again become a model citizen and all around football player. We hope that he decides to get that care with the Miami Dolphins."
I know. Some of you will
abhor that. Think of it this way, he needs help and care and if he's going to get it elsewhere, why not here? Plus,
think of the message this send FA's and we need as much help as we can get in that regard. Players will love that the Miami Dolphins got player's backs. That will go a loooong way with other players.
And of corse and at the risk of losing points on character, we retain a good player at a very cheap price. Business, after all, is business.
Imo, The chances this happen: 0.01%.
BTW, Peter King was on the Le Batard show last week and believes 100% that Incognito will get a chance to play somewhere else as early as this upcoming FA because the league has consistently shown that talent trumps behavior in the NFL.
