Trent Williams ends season-long holdout, rejoins Redskins

[mooby]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

My personal takeaway is that Trent is a big baby. He's blaming the organization for his own lack of taking ownership over his own health care. It was reported that they recommended that he see a specialist and he didn't. Even if that weren't true, the team trainers are not dermatologists or oncologists. They can be expected to properly diagnose some rare form of cancer. And their not doing so is no justifiable reason to breach his contract and demand a trade.

And Trents upset that his co-workers didn't travel 700 miles from DC to Chicago to visit him in the offseason? So what? Who of us works with co-workers that would? Friends and family - sure.

I'm glad Trent spoke today because its cleared up that he is 100% to blame for this fiasco. If there was ever a first round pick on the table for Trent and Allen didn't take it, i'd be pissed at Allen. But anything less than that, and I actually think this is the one time the team got it right. I would not let a whining POS like trent force his way out of town 3 years after I made him the highest paid LT in the game in a front-loaded contract with 2 years remaining on his deal. So I applaud the team for not caving to his demands.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...-redskins-rift

It really sounds like the Redskins recommended he go see a specialist this offseason, and he did which is when they determined it was cancerous.

Also it makes sense to the that the Browns would offer a first rounder when they were flying high and thought they had good prospects at the beginning of the season. Now they're 2-5 and looking like garbage and know that first rounder is probably going to be decent so of course they wouldn't want to give it up.

Redskins played themselves. Bruce Allen's gamble was that this was about getting more money, obviously it's not considering Trent gave up 7 million during his holdout and didn't even hesitate when asked if a contract extension would solve things. He wants out. We should've obliged if a team offered a first rounder, that Browns pick would be looking great right now.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by mooby

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...-redskins-rift

It really sounds like the Redskins recommended he go see a specialist this offseason, and he did which is when they determined it was cancerous.

Also it makes sense to the that the Browns would offer a first rounder when they were flying high and thought they had good prospects at the beginning of the season. Now they're 2-5 and looking like garbage and know that first rounder is probably going to be decent so of course they wouldn't want to give it up.

Redskins played themselves. Bruce Allen's gamble was that this was about getting more money, obviously it's not considering Trent gave up 7 million during his holdout and didn't even hesitate when asked if a contract extension would solve things. He wants out. We should've obliged if a team offered a first rounder, that Browns pick would be looking great right now.

Listening to the interview, this was really all about money. Trent specifically said he wanted more guaranteed money. He said it was ridiculous that he was an elite player in the league but didn't have guaranteed money the final two years. When a reporter asked him about all the guaranteed money he had on the front part of the deal, he laughed and said that was in the past.

So evidently Trent thinks he should be the first offensive lineman in the history of the league to have a fully guaranteed contract. If some new team gives him a contract, he'd play the guaranteed years and then hold out again. He came off completely as a greedy selfish player completely out of touch with reality. Even when discussing the medical stuff, he basically admitted that the medical staff didn't do anything wrong and it wasn't their fault. It was just a rare type of cancer.

I actually applaud the team for playing hard ball with Trent. Its would set a terrible precedent to cave into a players demands with 2 years left on his contract (especially with his injury and suspension history) - especially when hes smearing the medical staff as a cover. Unless the team gets some amazing offer, I hope they don't trade him next year. Trent should not be rewarded for his despicable behavior.

And also, Bruce Allen should be fired, but not for his handling of this situation. This is one of the few things he's done pretty well on.