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  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike wrote on
    #22

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    IN DORSEY I TRUST
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  • darren15D darren15

    Various twitter accounts reporting .....apparently we are in talks with the Jets, Texans and Eagles .......Darron Lee from Jets looks a possibility now ..... probably be draft pick from other 2 teams

    gumby73G gumby73 wrote on
    #23

    @darren15 said:

     .....apparently we are in talks with the Jets, Texans and Eagles .......Darron Lee from Jets looks a possibility now ..... probably be draft pick from other 2 teams

    Lots of smoke burning on twitter...Tre Boston to announce his new landing spot today/ Tre tweet..believable names mentioned in Duke trade, 1) Jets-LB Darron Lee 2)Texans-LB Brennan Scarlett 3) Philly-CB Rasul Douglas..With no player attached to Duke? I've seen 4th to 6th rounders might get offered up..this deal needs to get done before the draft imo.. This is a Duke/agent players choice..but Dorsey brings his own set of dealing Cards ♠️♥️♦️♣️  

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  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike wrote on
    #24

    I'm still hoping for Darron Lee, but whoever or whatever it is, JD will get 'er done!

    Mike

    IN DORSEY I TRUST
  • C Clevfan4life

    Did someone just say Duke oughta be at FB......sigh

    IbleedbrownI Ibleedbrown wrote on
    #25

    @clevfan4life said:

    Did someone just say Duke oughta be at FB......sigh

    Nope, no one said that. I said “FB/H-back hybrid type”. If it eases your mind to call it an H-back then go for it. I’m just acknowledging that Duke is an above average blocker for a halfback, and probably better at it than our tight ends. 

    I get that asking him to lead block at the rate of a typical FB is gonna get him killed, but maybe 5 times a game? 

    1) Kitchens doesn’t really utilize a FB that much anyway, but he does use one. Towards the end of the season we all saw DeValve awkwardly fill in for the role previously occupied by Orson Charles, plowing into a defender and then falling down. Duke could do a better job than that.

    2) Kitchens has also shown that he can do some fun creative things with multiple backs. The guy has a knack for manipulating misdirection. Duke is an ideal candidate to do such things with due to his varied skill set.

    3) I read something last year where Duke said he took a degree of pride in his blocking. He works at it, he’s good at it, and it shows.

    4) It nets more playing time for Duke. Right now he feels like the underappreciated odd man out, but he could be a lynchpin in a lot of cool formations and plays. Kitchens has shown he can go out of the box to utilize his players’ skill sets (Landry throwing bombs, wishbone formations, etc) so it’s not that far out of left field. 

  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    nickersN nickers wrote on
    #26

    @canton-mike said:

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    Exactly.. This is a Man's game.. Snowflakes need not apply...

    Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~
  • darren15D darren15 wrote on
    #27

    Some rumor on twitter ( and poster said it is a rumor so could be bullshit ) today say we are in talks with the Jets to swap Duke for Darron Lee.

  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    jrb12711J jrb12711 wrote on
    #28

    @canton-mike said:

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    Eh, to be honest I never have gotten that vibe from this situation. I may as well be the conductor on the Dorsey train, but this Duke saga I think he has whiffed on. My opinion? When Dorsey signed Hunt to the team Duke rightfully behind the scenes had some conversations with Dorsey about his role, future with the team. I'm getting the vibe strongly Dorsey strung him a long a bit and finally made it clear he was not in the future plans of the organization, which led to this "request" (if true). If all that is the case, it's a bit dramatic to take your point of view. Duke is a damn fine football player we're pushing aside, and he knows that.

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  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    NeroN Nero wrote on
    #29

    @canton-mike said:

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    These players compete in every training and every game. You can see how Duke has been a team player even when he wasn't receiving as many touches as many of us thought he should.

    In a sport so brutal and which such short careers (and we are talking about a running back here), I don't blame him or consider him a quitter for trying to find the best option for his career. He is not so old so we still can get an interesting trade with him, so he prefers making the move himself instead of a forced trade 8 games in or after something worse happens.

  • C Clevfan4life wrote on
    #30

    Darron Lee on that def would be amazing. That guy would plug the hole left by Jamie nicely. 

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  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike

    Reactions to signing other top players at their positions (as we did Hunt).....

    Baker....."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Landry..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    OBJ......."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Chubb..."Bring 'em on & I'll TAKE 'em on!"

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    Mike

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #31

    @canton-mike said:

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    What part of Dorsey shopping Duke around the league long before any hint of Duke wanting to be traded do you fail to understand?

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    @canton-mike said:

    Duke....."WAAA, I'm takin' my ball & going home."

    We want & need COMPETITORS, not QUITTERS!

    Bye Duke.

    What part of Dorsey shopping Duke around the league long before any hint of Duke wanting to be traded do you fail to understand?

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #32

    @tour2ma said:

    What part of Dorsey shopping Duke around the league long before any hint of Duke wanting to be traded do you fail to understand?

    The part of why would he be shopping  him around when he is going to be a guy we will need for the first eight games if not much longer. Injuries etc. 

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  • OrionO Orion wrote on
    #33

    Duke Johnson Requests Trade

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

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  • OrionO Orion

    Duke Johnson Requests Trade

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #34

    @orion said:

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

    He's a pro under contract, so they don't "have to". He can chose to not report and go unpaid for a year if he wishes, but that's not being a pro.

  • OrionO Orion

    Duke Johnson Requests Trade

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #35

    @orion said:

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

    So question becomes: who leaked the request?

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    @orion said:

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

    So question becomes: who leaked the request?

    darren15D darren15 wrote on
    #36

    @tour2ma said:

    So question becomes: who leaked the request?

    James Comey

  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #37

    ...I will not comment....lol....nope. I will not comment. lol

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    @orion said:

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

    So question becomes: who leaked the request?

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #38

    @tour2ma said:

    So question becomes: who leaked the request?

    G Gordon Liddy

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  • CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFSC CLEVELANDwantsPLAYOFFS wrote on
    #39

    I’m sure he was informed that he was being shopped so he didn’t show up.

    My predictions is a 4th or a 5th for Duke. Great value for wherever he ends up.

  • C calfoxwc

    ...I will not comment....lol....nope. I will not comment. lol

    Dutch OvenD Dutch Oven wrote on
    #40

    @calfoxwc said:

    ...I will not comment....lol....nope. I will not comment. lol

    Why limit your moronic takes on just football cal? 

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  • Tour2maT Tour2ma

    @orion said:

    It's too bad that this had to be 'in the media"..... It's like, there's almost no going back once the cat is out of the bag.  You pretty much HAVE TO trade the player at this point.

    So question becomes: who leaked the request?

    OrionO Orion wrote on
    #41

    @tour2ma said:

    So question becomes: who leaked the request?

    It's just 'the way' it's done these days.

    .....and there's all of these little talking heads clawing for stuff to tweet like a bird.  (if it's not the player himself)

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