Terron Armstead on his retirement: “I was only able to play under the pain meds”

[Jamesw]

Honestly, I don't expect it to change much; it's the nature of sports boards. Lots of aggression and little compassion are pretty much the rule at almost any fan board.

I will jump in and point this out when I see an opportunity, and with the revelation of JUST how hard it was for Armstead to continue playing, I see it as a moment of clarity. As in, examine yourself; take a LONG look at some of the horrible things you have written. I generally don't name names, but there have been a lot of muscle-heads travel through FH over the past few years. There's just been this deep-seated resentment of any player who has failed to become a star, or worse yet... become injured. There's always a couple of flamethrowing bros who'll pop into a thread and talk about the old days, Shula never would have allowed that... or they'll question a player's dedication or manhood.

It's a societal sickness. Teron Armstead was NOT 'soft', he was NOT 'some typical lazy millennial'... he left every single bit of himself out on that field, and those who belittled him or McD for giving him rest days should be ashamed of themselves.

Do I think they will be?

No.

You are a credit to FH and society in general. Humanity seems to be “devolving” at a similar pace as social media evolves. Specifically things like compassion, patience and fundamental politeness. Seeking to understand before being understood is a concept not found anymore. Relative to our beloved Fins, Armstead gave everything he had and I hope we somehow bring him in as part of our coaching staff.

As for the keyboard tough guys, it would be interesting to see how long that bravado would last in a single practice or conditioning drill. I agree, with our QB in that it’s very easy to hurl insults while munching on chips and pounding down the brewskies.

Being an ill-mannered prick isn’t a birthright. Compassion is a birthright opportunity.

 

[The Goat]

Nonsense. You’re (and feverdream) doing literally the opposite - you are legitimatizing and calling attention to posts that are rare and everyone understands as useless.

You get 100 posts if 99 are useful and the one you address is the 1 bad post, you’re part of the problem. And you’re making things worse.

Sorry but you and him are totally wrong.

Not only am I unsure what you’re calling out at this point, I’m also unsure why you’re turning this into an argument.

Also, opinions can’t be wrong.

You have an awesome day.

 

[Springveldt]

If your knee is that jacked up from year 3 how the heck you pass a physical and command the highest tackle contract in football at the time? Or at least top 3

Unless Miami just said screw it you don’t have to practice we just need ya on gameday which would be hard for me to believe they would invest in Armstead as much as they did. From a financial standpoint.

I mean I know need trumps a lot but whoof leap of faith much?

It wasn't the highest tackle contract in football at the time, or anywhere near it. The Dolphins got him at a discount because of his injuries.

He signed an 5 year $75M deal in 2022. Other tackles that signed in 2022..

Name	Years	Total
Jake Matthews	3	$55.5M
Cam Robinson	3	$52.75M
Orlando Brown Jr	1	$16.662M (Franchised)
Jack Conklin	4	$60M (right tackle)

This doesn't even take into account deals signed in 2021 like Trent Williams for $23M per season, Kolton Miller at $18M, Jordan Mailata at $16M, Donovan Smith at $15.5M or even 2020 with David Bakhtiari at $23M, Laremy Tunsil at $22M, Ronnie Staley at $19.75M, Garett Bolles at $17M and Anthony Castonzo at $16.5M.

 

[hoops]

It wasn't the highest tackle contract in football at the time, or anywhere near it. The Dolphins got him at a discount because of his injuries.

He signed an 5 year $75M deal in 2022. Other tackles that signed in 2022..

Name	Years	Total
Jake Matthews	3	$55.5M
Cam Robinson	3	$52.75M
Orlando Brown Jr	1	$16.662M (Franchised)
Jack Conklin	4	$60M (right tackle)

This doesn't even take into account deals signed in 2021 like Trent Williams for $23M per season, Kolton Miller at $18M, Jordan Mailata at $16M, Donovan Smith at $15.5M or even 2020 with David Bakhtiari at $23M, Laremy Tunsil at $22M, Ronnie Staley at $19.75M, Garett Bolles at $17M and Anthony Castonzo at $16.5M.

Not in yearly but in terms of overall money.

Anyways I guess I know now why the saints let him walk. In his “prime” years

 

[Springveldt]

Not in yearly but in terms of overall money.

Anyways I guess I know now why the saints let him walk. In his “prime” years

If the Saints knew they could get as many games out of him as Miami did they probably wouldn’t have let him walk. They probably thought he was finished when they let him go.

 

[hoops]

If the Saints knew they could get as many games out of him as Miami did they probably wouldn’t have let him walk. They probably thought he was finished when they let him go.

True but you got to figure there is no way to know that the guy would be willing to go to the reserve retired list and I’d imagine forfeit a lot of money going forward in the process what 3 years into his 5 year deal.

He did us a solid I’d say but that’s rare handling by players.

 

[TFK]

Good move on Armstead's part.

Not just for his future health, but also take into account the addiction potential of whatever pain meds he was taking.