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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I call BS. You don't make this move if you're not tanking and have an outside shot at a playoff game. And you don't bench a guy you're trying to trade after a bad game. You're acting like McDaniels and Davis don't have a long history of being vindictive weasels.
They're lobbing Carr under the bus. It's McDaniels' way to write the off-season narrative that it's all Carrs fault. It's McDaniels' chance to plug his patriot guy in so they can transition into a full on patriot way redux and Davis is exactly the type to get suckered into it.
There is so little to gain by starting stidham. And a lot to lose by revealing these guys character to be what many forgot they were. It's two games. Let the game finish his time there with a shred of dignity. This isnt some strategic move. It's petty and small.
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They are benching him because if he sustains a football injury that does not heal by March 1st. They have no option but to pay him his full 2023.
I agree that it is a dick move and an admission that his contract was puffed up to sound better than it really was.
I agree that it could impact team morale after this year. I think if the #7 seed in the AFC gets to 9 wins, the players are not going to see this as a move that cost them a chance at the playoffs.
It would be a helluva thing if Davis and McDaniels think Brady signing there is what they are trying to set up. That seems like it has to end badly but I suppose time will tell.