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The self destruction of Earl Thomas III

outhereincali

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He was released by the Ravens just a couple of hours ago. The final straw was getting into a fight with teammate Chuck Clark in practice. Now a fight between teammates is no big deal but its usually offense against defense this was between 2 safeties and Earl punched Chuck Clark and was sent home. Now lets rewind to Earl's time in Baltimore.

He showed up there out of shape. He made no effort to learn the defense just went out there and did his thing which angered his teammates. He made all pro but maybe that was because of his rep. Then there was the incident with his wife back in March. No need to rehash that especially on this board. But in the off season he missed a lot of workouts with teammates. He missed a lot of meetings proof that be still wasn't interested in learning the defense.

Which led to the fight on Friday with Chuck Clark. Clark threw his helmet down in anger when Thomas missed a coverage and let Thomas know how angry he was with him about everything and then Thomas threw his punch and was sent home.

Now here's where it gets sad. Thomas put out an Instagram giving his side of the story. His grammar wasn't even third grade quality. Ok you don't have to spell like you went to Harvard but still... Wisely he deleted the video but here's where it gets worse. This workout showed formations, sets, everything. My goodness is he really that dense? I wish I could get ahold of Muschamp I'd like to ask him did be even know the defense when he played for us? Now I understand why Seattle didn't want him anymore.

So now comes what will be a bitter battle between the Ravens and the NFLPA. Earl Thomas is due to make 10 mil this year. Do the Ravens have other ET stories in their back pocket? There is speculation in Dallas that coach Jerry who wanted ET the first time has cleared salary space just for this which can save the Ravens some money. Welcome to Dallas Mike McCarthy and good luck .

I was looking forward to seeing 4 longhorns in the starting lineup of a team that's favored to win the SB. But the positive side to this is that Deshaun Elliot is favored to succeeded Earl Thomas. DE was a great ball hawk for us in 2017 coach Herman's first year. But he's been on injured reserve for all but 6 games. If he can stay healthy he can start he has NFL caliber talent. That would give the Ravens 3 horns in starting lineup Devin, Justin, and Deshaun Elliot.
 
Earl has been sliding for a while. The banging a chick with his brother behind his wife's back was just the crescendo of his fall from the top. Earl doesn't want to play ball anymore. Time for him to move to an island somewhere and smoke enough hippie lettuce to truly contemplate his life.
 
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Earl has been sliding for a while. The banging a chick with his brother behind his wife's back was just the crescendo of his fall from the top. Earl doesn't want to play ball anymore. Time for him to move to an island somewhere and smoke enough hippie lettuce to truly contemplate his life.

You mean he's a pot head to? Not very bright and a stoner to boot. Can pot smoking make someone like ET that ignorant? Didn't happen to me and lord knows I smoked enough of it. Doesn't want to play. but wants his 10 million. I swear todays youth lol
 
You mean he's a pot head to? Not very bright and a stoner to boot. Can pot smoking make someone like ET that ignorant? Didn't happen to me and lord knows I smoked enough of it. Doesn't want to play. but wants his 10 million. I swear todays youth lol
When you've got 40 million in the bank and you came from MUCH less than that-- sometimes it gets hard to motivate yourself. Weed definitely doesn't motivate you to do anything other than eat pizza and Cheetos.
 
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I met him and he could not be nicer and actually humble. On the field, he may not play well with others but he can still defend like no other.
 
When you've got 40 million in the bank and you came from MUCH less than that-- sometimes it gets hard to motivate yourself. Weed definitely doesn't motivate you to do anything other than eat pizza and Cheetos.

I didn't know that Earl came from a poor family. I know his father and grandfather were ministers I didnt think his family was poor.
 
Earl has been sliding for a while. The banging a chick with his brother behind his wife's back was just the crescendo of his fall from the top. Earl doesn't want to play ball anymore. Time for him to move to an island somewhere and smoke enough hippie lettuce to truly contemplate his life.

And the irony of that story was that it was his wife who got charged.
 
I didn't know that Earl came from a poor family. I know his father and grandfather were ministers I didnt think his family was poor.
He didn't come from a poor family. But his family wasn't worth 40 million. Even if they were worth a million, 40 million is a fvck ton more than a mil.
 
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When you've got 40 million in the bank and you came from MUCH less than that-- sometimes it gets hard to motivate yourself. Weed definitely doesn't motivate you to do anything other than eat pizza and Cheetos.
A man that behaves like Earl does is unlikely to have $40M in the bank or equivalent. The inevitable coteries that surround guys like him don't come cheap....
 
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