Redskins release Devin Thomas

[mooby]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

well lj had his shot and sucked asshole and was terrible all preseason but he was a "hard worker" and "looked good at practice". devin never had a shot at all with d mac at qb and who knows what could have happened he could have s the bed or he could have had a 100 yrd 5 catch game, my beef is we will never know cause shanny didn't like him.

you can say all you want about hard work being a pro blah blah blah, if you can ball you call ball, and shanny basically said in his presser devin has the talent to be a good wr in the nfl but doesn't have the work ethic. guess what thats half the wr's in the nfl they r divas for the most part. sure you have your andre johnsons and your larry fitzgeralds, but you also have you t.o.'s your ocho cinco's, your plaxico's.

only time will tell, i just can't beleive how many people were in love w devin and now all of a sudden he is garabge that can't make an nfl team. there is a reason he was signed 5 minutes after he cleared waivers.

I don't think anybody is saying DT isn't talented enough to play at wideout. You're just going to have to accept the fact that Mike Shanahan demands more from his players besides just having the talent to play football. If DT goes on to have a great career with Carolina then so be it. Or if his problems catch up with him and John Fox doesn't like how he prepares for the games he might not last the season.

I would've loved to see DT pan out here. But "iffy hands" is a quote I've heard about him often and when you combine that with his questionable work attitude that was enough to make him lose his spot. It wasn't like Shanny didn't give him a chance. He had several months to improve his standing on the team and didn't do it.

And you're kidding yourself if you don't think that T.O. and OchoCinco don't put in the work to be dominant on the field. They may be blessed with extraordinary talent but they didn't get to where they are today by half assing it in the film room.