Jamal Lewis placed on IR

[Mr. T]

I wish he would of retired after the 2007 season, then he would've gone out on a high note. Amd would've left the Ratbirds second guessing themselves for letting him go so soon.

Also we would've been forced to look to the future at the RB position instead of watching him fall apart so fast.

But in all it was his choice to stay and continue the poundings.

[hoorta]

@mrfreeze said:

I honestly wish the man success, happiness, and good health throughout his retirement and I tip my hat to him for his years of service as a Cleveland Brown.

In terms of our running game, this is one of the best things that can happen because we can fully assess our talent for the 2010 season. Yes, I think we'll take a back in the early rounds of the draft. It's time for new blood in the backfield.

Ditto. Mangooni misused Lewis this season- he should have accepted the role the Steelers used Jerome Bettis the last couple years of his career.

Quote from Cleveland.com- Oh no, now who's going to get 2 yards for us on first and ten? Great playcalling Dumb-bol

Seriously, JL should have retired at the end of '08. All the experts saw he had lost his burst, and I saw it too. I'll even let Sisky off the hook for that preseason bet he made with me that JL would get to 1,000 yards- even if Jamal had stayed healthy, he wouldn't have gotten close.

For the record, I'm undefeated and untied in message board betting- I may have to retire after this one.

[Guy Fontenot]

@jibz said:

Comments like yours are just sad, these are humans first and football players second. To be glad whaen someone is hurt is just amazinly sad. Shame on you.

Wrot it last night when the topic just said he was put on injured reserve... i just figured he tore a muscle...

Anyways F*&$ you Jizb! Get a Life ... Shame on you!

[kshutchins]

I'm glad to hear that there is independent research underway to develop more effective helmets. There are those who think helmets are actually part of the problem. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...1984299454.html

I also hate seeing players who don't use their mouth guards. Many people don't realize they help absorb shocks to the brain.

[ATENEARS]

@hoorta said:

Ditto. Mangooni misused Lewis this season- he should have accepted the role the Steelers used Jerome Bettis the last couple years of his career.

Quote from Cleveland.com- Oh no, now who's going to get 2 yards for us on first and ten? Great playcalling Dumb-bol

Seriously, JL should have retired at the end of '08. All the experts saw he had lost his burst, and I saw it too. I'll even let Sisky off the hook for that preseason bet he made with me that JL would get to 1,000 yards- even if Jamal had stayed healthy, he wouldn't have gotten close.

For the record, I'm undefeated and untied in message board betting- I may have to retire after this one.

Man, talk about Mangini bashing ...

You admit that Jamal should have retired at the conclusion of the 2008 season, yet blame Mangini for mis-using him? What Mangini should have done was cut his ass ... Mangini shows the guy some respect by keeping him around to help show younger players how to be a professional and to take something from Jamal's excellent work-ethic, help bring (draft pick) James Davis along, etc ... and the guy still gets bashed.

Class move by Mangini, and not the sexy move Savage was known for, but the right thing for Jamal and a step toward teaching others how to be a pro.

Shame on you Hoorta.

[ATENEARS]

@guy-fontenot said:

Wrot it last night when the topic just said he was put on injured reserve... i just figured he tore a muscle...

Anyways F*&$ you Jizb! Get a Life ... Shame on you!

I can vouch for Guy Fontenot. I changed the title instead of creating a new thread. Those three or so posts before I pinned the article only knew he was retiring, the injury hadn't been disclosed by then.

Shame on me.

[The Gipper]

Maybe Lewis's "brain abnormality" is congenital. This sort of thing has happened before. A traumatic incident occurs, doctors do tests, then discover that a person has been walking around all his life with some serious medical issue that they had no clue about. I believe that is what happened when Hank Geathers, the basketball player dropped dead. At his autopsy they discovered that he had a congenital heart defect. Don't know if this is true about Lewis. Just speculating.

[flipflop]

Unnamed sources say their was a mixup in the test results........Mangina and Jamals Mri got switched

"brain abnormaliti" has 11 picks in the draft. Heres to 40 special team guys.

[DawgTracker]

Good luck Jamal. It would have been much better for you to have played well in your last game rather than being on IR.

[PlayoffsIN09]

Get well Jamal. Thanks for being a Brown. Love ya!

[Ebenezer]

Now if only the rest of the team can get concussed and retire we might have a shot at being decent next year.

[Kosar_For_President]

@ebenezer said:

Now if only the rest of the team can get concussed and retire we might have a shot at being decent next year.

Please read this again, it no doubt sounds like a 10 year old wrote it.