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We have ladies who regularly post here.......

"KJ also had very poor peripheral vision and would often miss an opening just to the side of where he hit." qoute Congo
I noticed that to. But you can't say KJ was soft. He was a C+, B- kinda guy.

Yeah. Slippy and Jammer get really offended by that kind of language. Let's show the gals some respect.

KJ...Like Jammer said, I didn't see that one coming. I just don't get this team. Now what? We need a lineman AND a running back.

Correction: "...linemen AND a running back."

I stand corrected!

I couldn't disagree with you more on this one. IMO, KJ INITIATED contact. He was usually the one doing the hitting. I think that was part of his injury problems. He's a bit undersized to be a bruising running back, but he had the mentality for it.

How can you say he was soft? He busted his butt to come back from potentially career threatening injuries and was able to return to action well before expected.

I agree with you on the poor vision part though. Although I do think he was getting a bit better at that as well as developing some patience to wait for his blocks (and I use that term very loosely) to develop.

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My apologies ladies.

Well, unfortunately, keeping him for the last year of his contract would have been a huge gamble if he would have gotten hurt again. Then where would we be? His toughness and heart is not in question, but his ability to hit the hole and make plays afterwards are. Most RB's only last about 3 or 4 years anyway. The Colts GM doesn't keep any RB past 4 years. Most teams that have "contacted" him are checking on his availability. Lions let him go because he would not have been ready by the season's start and he simply was not that productive.

Cutting him now is actually a favor to him so he can be picked up by a team so as to get acclamated to their offense. KJ really is now to be considered a 3rd down back or a 35-40% a game back to spell the bellcow.

btw, the figure I got is from Hondo and his sources. They said more like $3M. With other Likely To Be Earned money that possibly could have been his this year I'm guessing.

I do not understand either why Raiola gets dissed so much. All national pundits, ex-players like Randy Cross, coaches and such all agree the guy is excellent. Even Urlacher voted for him to be on the Pro Bowl over his own Center. Rogers and Edwards though, I agree. Rogers has no heart and Edwards was "Darko" in practice and not on the field.

Raiola's first couple of years had big learning curve. He's 5 years in now.