Earl Thomas injured. Tweets about retirement
 

Earl Thomas@Earl_Thomas

This game has been so good to me no regrets.. A lot is running through my mind including retirement thanks for all the prayers.

Damn

Fractured tibia

That would be a shame. He's one of the stars in this league.

****in' baby.

The guy that just won possibly the best game of the weekend came back from cancer and here Thomas is talking about retirement because of a cracked shin.

Just not enough attention for you today, Earl?

Eric Berry diagnosed with cancer. Chemo, Radiation, Comeback Player of the Year.

Earl Thomas breaks a leg. Career over.

Who's the warrior?

We got the better safety out of that draft

Ted Ginn Jr. He doesn't like to get hit. He gives up and lays down quite a bit.

Pain and pain killers are such a great combination. Lack of control and lack of familial support is showing there or he is just being an attention biatch.

this for crying out loud

This just sounds like not willing to put in the work.

You don't get to be one of the top safeties in the league for being lazy...

Kobe had an emotional breakdown on social media the night he tore his achilles

I will never fault any NFL player for retiring.

But tweeting about retirement during a game because you got hurt? Just shut the flaming **** up, Earl.

He's 27. If he's contemplating retirement over this, it sounds like he already wanted out.

Seems kinda cruddy that he's tweeting during the game?

it was neat how you typed 'flaming ****' I'd never seen that before!

He'll be receiving a fine.

What does what Berry does have to do with Thomas? Using this logic, no player should ever retire because no matter what, what Berry went through is worse than what they've went through.

Thomas is one of the most quiet and humble players in the league. Him and Jamaal Charles are best friends. You guys sound stupid if you think he's just seeking attention by contemplating retirement.

Yeah, getting out on social media during a game is just being a good teammate.

Nobody goes onto a public forum and starts talking for any reason other than seeking attention.

I don't care if he's a quiet, humble person in general. Tweeting about retirement mid-game while your players are out there battling it out is nothing more that being an attention whore.

And if you don't think comparing Thomas talking about retirement to Berry coming back from cancer - two players who play the same position and came out of the same draft....and have pretty much been linked their ENTIRE career - isn't a relevant point of discussion, then my friend you're on the wrong website. That's absolutely a contrast worth pointing out.

Are you and BeauWillie related?

The guy is emotional and is going through a traumatic experience. Cut him some slack.

Literally the only thing that connects the two is that they play football and play at the same position. That's it. One may be more passionate about football than the other. One might have more personal things affecting him than the other. One might have bigger goals in life than the other that don't revolve around football.

What Berry did was amazing and one of the best football stories in NFL history. That doesn't mean that other players at his position don't have the right to retire or contemplate retiring early because of it. That literally makes no sense.

I could be wrong, but you're a lawyer right? Does what another lawyer in Seattle does have any bearing on the decisions you make in your career?

I'm sure breaking your leg isn't fun and the guy has made millions of dollars and won a superbowl.

No! Berry had cancer and came back so this guy should come back! Until he goes through something worse than Berry, he can't retire! Because reasons!

And are the two best guys at their position who came out of the draft in the same year and are ALWAYS discussed in the same breath. There are few players more readily comparable in all of football than Earl Thomas and Eric Berry and trying to argue otherwise is just ****ing stupid.

For me? No, because I'm no sort of public figure. But for the PI attorneys that are out there chasing high end, high publicity, big money cases? You bet your ass the decisions guys in their sphere make effect them.

You just sound obtuse as hell right now. These guys are perfect analogues. You may have a whole slew of explanations for why they behaved differently but to act like it's unfair to compare them is just ridiculous.

Yes in terms of play and play style. But what does one have to do with the other in terms of retirement? Are you really saying that he shouldn't retire because what Berry went through was worse? ....uh...why?


When it comes to retirement I don't compare the two. I don't think any less of Patrick Willis or Calvin Johnson for retiring when they did and I won't think any less of Earl Thomas if he retires. What Berry did has no bearing at all on his decisions.

Are you a Texas fan or something? Why is Earl's Pearl so firmly lodged down your throat?

You're missing the entire point of this-- the TIMING of his tweet (the fact that he's even tweeting at all while his team is playing on national ****ing TV) and the vague subject matter, again, DURING the game. He's attention whoring. Just because he rarely behaves this way doesn't mean he's not doing it now.

He's looking for sympathy. Is that understandable considering what just happened to him? Maybe. But is he still guilty of attention whoring? Absolutely. I don't see how you could argue otherwise.

I'm saying he shouldn't be on social media yapping about retiring mid-game. And the optics of doing so mere hours after your nearest counterpart in the NFL - a person that came back from cancer - won a game for his team are just shitty. Trying to deny that there's an obvious point of comparison there is just being militantly obstinate.

Retire, don't retire - whatever. He's a zillionaire and football is hard, taxing work. He could retire because he just doesn't want to play anymore and he'd have some justification for it (though I'd still say that Berry is a hell of a lot more dedicated to the game if he did and have ample cause for doing so).

But don't get on social media during a damn game and make it all about you. That's all that was - attention whore bullshit. Wah - you're hurt. So are a couple dozen other guys that played this week and they aren't all on Twitter during a game talking about walking away.

Breaking your leg is emotional. Wish they would ban twitter.

He's sitting in a hospital bed right now with probably a million things running through his head and millions of people asking about his status. He gave it to them. He's supposed to not tweet because of a league rule? Really? If it was Jamaal Charles tweeting that he was thinking about retirement, I wouldn't think he was attention whoring. I would just think he's emotional after a big injury and wanted to let people know his status and get his thoughts out while he lays in a hospital bed.

If he just HAS to ****ing tweet out to you and his other knob slobberers, what's wrong with, "Doc says it's a broken leg."

If he's considering retirement, then consider it. Think about it. Wait a few days. At least wait until AFTER the ****ing game. Then ****ing retire if that's your decision. No big deal.

Berry and the fact he came back from cancer has NOTHING to do with Earl except that they play the same position. It's like saying that Reid shouldn't be able to retire just because Pagano has come back from cancer too.

Other players let it be known they were considering retirement too before they actually did. It was known that Willis, Calvin Johnson, and Marshawn Lynch were considering retirement well before they did it.

If Earl was still in the game and tweeting, then yes I would have a problem with it. But him tweeting from a hospital bed... no, I don't have a problem.

It doesn't seem like this is an argument I'll sway you guys on though so I'll tap out. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

Good. ****ing. God.

Dallas' road to the SB just got easier

Probably.

But before today I'd have told you that it never went through Seattle anyway.

But Wilson's figured out how to work with that patchwork line after feeling his way through the first 8-10 weeks. That team looks vile now, with it without Thomas.

4 weeks ago they had a ceiling because that O was stuck in neutral. I'd say that ceiling is off at this point.

Thomas has never missed a game before last week correct? Perhaps the first long road ahead got to him. I'm sure plenty of guys think "damn is it worth it" in the moments after learning a diagnosis.

Now I do believe consciously posing it mid game is mellow dramatic. Thinking it I get. I figure he didn't really mean it and just wanted sympathy for his "situation".

It's odd because I remember in August Nut was saying Berry wasn't a leader the Chiefs shouldn't resign him etc. I agreed with him at the time about not signing him. Now he's better than Thomas?

No team has really pressured Dak yet the Seahawks could. Dallas doesn't have that good of a defense Seattle could put up at least 17.

Because the big question at the top of that draft was : do you take Thomas or Berry?

They're forever linked.

Nothing.

It has to do with people bitching about choosing the wrong S.

Only, one is obviously a pussy, and the other obviously an Alpha.

I imagine lots of the players today are just in it for the quick money for 3-5 years while doing something they enjoy. The idea of making many millions and retiring at age 25-30 so they can then really live the life they want.

That, and seeing how some horrific injuries can really wreck your life while still young in their 27-30's.

For the fans, better for that player to leave now rather than drag it on for years after.. just cruising with less effort, and collecting a large paycheck for it.

That has only become the question in hindsight, after the success Thomas had with with Seahawks. Eric Berry was the consensus top safety. On this board even Taylor Mays was more highly touted than Thomas.

King riding in on his white horse once again in defense of yet another Maid Marian pampered overpaid player.

Wait, he was in the hospital?

No

I'm doubt he retires.. Probably just an emotional tweet after a tough and frustrating injury.

If he does retire, so be it. His choice and I won't hold it against him. It does show a lack of passion for the game but we'd all be kidding ourselves if we think all these guys are playing because they love it.

Some are simply playing for money or have other interests in life they are more passionate about and want to spend more time doing. So once they get paid millions and are set for life they could decide to retire at any moment especially after a serious injury.