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NFL suspends free agent receiver Michael Thomas for rules violation

Posted on 8/31/24 at 7:52 am
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
29907 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 7:52 am
Is he the first player ever suspended that’s not even on a team?

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Free agent wide receiver Michael Thomas, who spent the past eight seasons with the New Orleans Saints, continues to search for a new NFL home. If Thomas does sign with a team at some point over the next week, he will not be eligible to take the field during the NFL’s opening week. The league determined the two-time All-Pro violated the NFL's personal conduct policy in November. Thomas was arrested in November 2023 in Kenner, Louisiana, after a confrontation with a construction worker. He was later accepted into a pretrial diversion program


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Maybe he gets picked up after week one…

Posted by Suntiger
STG or BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
34625 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 8:06 am to
I don’t know why Kansas City doesn’t pick him up. Good possession receiver. Can help teach Worthy how to be a pro. Doesn’t have to be “the guy” there. Good QB that won’t get him killed. Winning team so he won’t be disgruntled. Veteran leadership to keep him in check.

Seems like a great fit.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
14053 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 8:22 am to
quote:

Can help teach Worthy how to be a pro.


That’s likely the exact reason he hasn’t been signed yet.

Have you see his track record.
Posted by PenguinPubes
Frozen Tundra
Member since Jan 2018
11487 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 8:30 am to
quote:

Can help teach Worthy how to be a pro


Was coming here to say the same thing.. maybe if this was 5 years ago, yes he could teach him. Theres a reason he is not on a team baw.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
19215 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 8:36 am to
quote:

Is he the first player ever suspended that’s not even on a team?

No, that happens every few years
Posted by Suntiger
STG or BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
34625 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:07 am to
quote:

quote:

Can help teach Worthy how to be a pro.


That’s likely the exact reason he hasn’t been signed yet.

Have you see his track record.


Do you think he forgot how to train, how to practice and how to prepare? I think he gets disengaged if he’s on a team that is losing or a QB he thinks is subpar. If he’s engaged, his prep and practice is his strong point.

He’s lost a step and is pretty much your 3rd or 5th wideout that runs slants, quick curls and blocks.

He can’t go to the Giants, that ends up being the same situation as here. He could go to Kansas City and play that 4th/5th guy. He could go to Jacksonville and help Brian Thomas and be a 3rd guy. He could probably do the same in atlanta. Can’t go to Oakland or Carolina. He needs the right situation.
Posted by SaintTigerPel
LaPlace
Member since Dec 2017
1136 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:31 am to
quote:

That’s likely the exact reason he hasn’t been signed yet. Have you see his track record.



Exactly! I think he stunted the growth of Chris Olave. He definitely didn’t help. I get OP’s point if it was just about technique, but I think he is more likely to share his selfish tendencies and attitude problems.
Posted by TwoDatBait
Northshore, LA
Member since Jul 2011
6224 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:32 am to
He suspended himself for the whole season already for being a diva…
This post was edited on 8/31/24 at 9:32 am
Posted by tigerstripes
Loranger, LA
Member since Aug 2006
848 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 9:37 am to
Head case getting bad advice and a team cancer.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
20087 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 10:36 am to
quote:

I don’t know why Kansas City doesn’t pick him up.


Because he doesn’t play
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
68999 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 7:27 pm to
quote:

Can help teach Worthy how to be a pro.


I mean he’s kind of a dickbag.

quote:

He could go to Jacksonville and help Brian Thomas and be a 3rd guy.


He’d be behind Thomas, Kirk, gabe Davis, engram in terms of targets. Plus Trevor doesn’t need an aging diva.
This post was edited on 8/31/24 at 7:30 pm
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
18559 posts
Posted on 8/31/24 at 7:59 pm to
Guy is a clown
Posted by jmcwhrter
Member since Nov 2012
7209 posts
Posted on 9/1/24 at 4:45 am to
quote:

I think he gets disengaged if he’s on a team that is losing or a QB he thinks is subpar


Thomas was one of the most vocal cheerleaders for signing Derek Carr
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
14053 posts
Posted on 9/1/24 at 8:22 am to
quote:

He could go to Kansas City and play that 4th/5th guy. He could go to Jacksonville and help Brian Thomas and be a 3rd guy. He could probably do the same in atlanta.



Yet no one has shown interest in Thomas. You must ask yourself why? Most of us here don’t need to ask that question. We’ve seen why.
Posted by bakersman
Shreveport
Member since Apr 2011
5875 posts
Posted on 9/1/24 at 8:24 am to
When he waited until right before the start of the season a couple years ago to tell the team that he had a lingering injury that needed surgery told me everything I needed to know about what kind of teammate he is.
Posted by namvet6566
Member since Oct 2012
7570 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 11:51 am to


Finally…
Posted by Stealth Matrix
29°59'55.98"N 90°05'21.85"W
Member since Aug 2019
9970 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 1:08 pm to
Nobody's signing this team cancer unless he comes cheap, and he hasn't come to terms with that reality yet.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50852 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 7:14 pm to
Will the nfl suspend chiefs rice?
Dudes lucky he didn’t kill multiple people
Posted by BUGAtGOAT
Munroe
Member since Oct 2015
1869 posts
Posted on 9/2/24 at 9:22 pm to
Yep

I hope he’s getting blackballed by all owners for how he fricked the saints

Probably not but it’s nice seeeing him not find success elsewhere after becoming such a PIA
Posted by Kong
Member since Dec 2009
240 posts
Posted on 9/4/24 at 9:50 pm to
Won’t ever play again.
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