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Honest question about MT

Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:29 am
Posted by JRE1980
Member since Aug 2020
540 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:29 am
Is he done with football, or just waiting on someone to sign him? I don't want him back here in NO, but just an honest question about his future in the NFL. Hard to believe that his career would just be 'over'.
Posted by tickfawtiger
Killian LA
Member since Sep 2005
11509 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:34 am to
Seems like HE, purposely ended his own career by becoming an intolerable bitch !
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
32392 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:36 am to
What's your deal with Triplett? I get you hated the switch from ESPN but he and Nick have been great together.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
42862 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:44 am to
quote:

Is he done with football, or just waiting on someone to sign him?


I think he wants to sign somewhere, but football might be done with him.
Posted by High Life
Member since Dec 2014
3678 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:56 am to
quote:

Is he done with football, or just waiting on someone to sign him?


Both
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
71026 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 9:42 am to
He’s washed. He’s not worth a roster spot.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
15911 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 9:43 am to
The fact that despite his historic on field number early in his career he has seemingly gotten no calls for workouts speaks loudly to his health. IMO, teams will always put up with shitheads like MT13 causing drama IF they can produce on the field.

Thomas likely screwed himself over and ended his own career by refusing to work with team doctors and seeking out medical advice apart from the Saints.

Say what you want about the team medical staff, but if they would have screwed up Thomas and ended his career he would have gotten a n injury settlement on his way out the door.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
20812 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 9:50 am to
quote:

Thomas likely screwed himself over and ended his own career by refusing to work with team doctors and seeking out medical advice apart from the Saints.

I don't think the getting a 2nd opinion and following that approach is much of an issue on its own. Players do that a lot; hell that's basically why everyone went to Dr. Andrews for just about everything a few years back

Where he most likely screwed up, with the league, was the way he handled everything when the more conservative approach did not work, and it appeared he intentionally sabotaged a season by waiting several months later and refusing to respond to the team. Then when he finally does come back, he's a headache and starts publicly calling out his QB (understandably so, but you can't do that).
Posted by htran90
BC
Member since Dec 2012
31959 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 10:51 am to
I think his ankle problem was a bigger deal than people realized.

Then the fact that he's already slow to begin with, compounded with his attitude, finally made it a reality that he's done.

People forget that he came in 2016 as a pretty old player (23) and he last played in 2023 (30). He's now 32. He's done
Posted by hellsu
Northshore via Westbank
Member since Jan 2009
4146 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 11:09 am to
LINK

Thomas said one of the issues with the surgeries was the way his body failed to respond to the hardware inserted to help him heal.

Interesting article from a couple of years ago. I don't think he ever fully recovered to this day. Physically or mentally.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
101504 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:03 pm to
So sad

quote:

Saints quarterbacks coach Ronald Curry, who was Thomas' wide receivers coach from 2018 to 2020, described the response after the ankle injury as a "stress reaction" to the hardware.

"He did nothing wrong, his body just didn't react to the surgeries like it should have," Curry told ESPN


Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
24611 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 12:23 pm to
Receivers are a pain in the arse. As soon as they start being difficult, get what you can get and ship 'em off on their way.
Posted by MONROE
In the belly of the beast
Member since Sep 2015
3947 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 1:30 pm to
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I don't think the getting a 2nd opinion and following that approach is much of an issue on its own


But not answering the phone was a huge issue
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
74402 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 1:59 pm to
His health or his desire.
But he's done.
Posted by LSUPilot07
Member since Feb 2022
8019 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 3:14 pm to
Nobody wants to touch that cancer.
Posted by TigerSaurus
Member since Apr 2024
2539 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 3:14 pm to

Saints made him wealthy and he’s physically broken down now.

It’s over …. and he just lives off Saints money now !!
Posted by saintsfan1977
Arkansas, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
9960 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 3:17 pm to
quote:

he done with football, or just waiting on someone to sign him?


See Colin Kapernick. This is MT 2.0
Posted by TwoDatBait
Northshore, LA
Member since Jul 2011
6407 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 6:42 pm to
Dude got the bag and dipped…
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20733 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 8:49 pm to
Randy Moss had 23 touchdown receptions in 2007

Michael Thomas had 36 in his entire career
Posted by TigerBait2008
Boulder,CO
Member since Jun 2008
38339 posts
Posted on 6/16/25 at 9:53 pm to
Derp derp retard.
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