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Another bury the lede moment with the Panthers and Jerry Richardson’s position as NFL strongman on lock-out eve.
Tell me, does a story which includes this quote from a Pro Bowl running back, I’d love to be here.. But somebody has to show me that they want me to be here. It’s not my choice, unfortunately. … If the owner doesn’t want to re-sign me or if he doesn’t want to re-do my deal, that’s all him. I’m not going to get upset or anything like that because I know when I sat down and signed my five-year deal, I was committed here for five years. So why put up a fuss? Either he’s going to re-sign you or he’s not going to re-sign you, merit the hed Panthers RB DeAngelo Williams not fussing over contract?
Knowing the usual reverential treatment Jerry Richardson gets from Panther players, doesn’t “the owner” and “he” and “him” constitute just a slight passive-aggressive signal on the part of Williams? Besides, what would constitute “fuss” on the part of Williams — screaming and jumping up and down?
DeAngelo could’ve said that it’ll all get worked our and he trusts Mr. Richardson to do the right thing. He did not. Accordingly, you might conclude that Richardson’s role as the ring-leader of the lock-out lobby has at least become common knowledge among players and agents around the league — if not begun to color how his own players view him and talk about him.
