Quote Originally Posted by TriggerWarning View Post
Exactly.

There is no bigger media circus in the NFL right now than Antonio Brown but he was signed immediately after leaving the Raiders because talent wise he is still arguably the best WR in the game (Hopkins is the only one I'd even put close to him). Were the Patriots to cut him tomorrow some other team would sign him immediately.

But for a bench player? No team is going to put up with this kind of circus for a backup. As I've said several times its the same thing that drove Tim Tebow out of the league and he was actually a positive influence on the fanbase and ticket sales but coaches and execs were tired of the media barrage all over a guy who was a backup.
Reminds me of when the Jets obtained Tebow in 2012 and a televised presser was held for him at the airport after he arrived. Mind you, he was the backup, not the starter (I think that was Mark Sanchez), but the backup. Yet, it was like Tebow was the team’s savior. Crazy stuff.