Loyalty is No More in NFL
The start of the Free Agency period renews hope in many National Football League fans. However, this year it will be a sad day.
The Brett Farve saga pretty much signaled that no single player will ever retire with the same team that they started with.
That message will be hammered home this year as two veteran players are testing the free agent waters to see if they can still land a big payday.
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis has most likely played his last game with the Ravens as it is rumoured that Lewis wants to play with the Cowboys.
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison is now a free agent after refusing to take a pay cut as he was slated to make a base salary of $9 million. That was not going to happen, becuase it was evident in last season’s regular season that his skills have deminished.
I will say that I knew that was coming. The reason being that long time Buffalo Bills wide receiver Eric Moulds skills deminished several years ago.
Moulds was drafted in the same year as Harrison. Also, Moulds was always in exceptionally good shape, but his skills still declined.
Everyone gets old and loses their skills as they get older. The problem is that these players think that they are entitled to a big payday, since they are future Hall of Famers that still have some what good skill sets.
Simply, NFL players egos have just become ridiculously inflated.