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Jenkins: We'll Stand Behind Any Holdouts

As well as calling certain former teammates out during his interview with NFLN, Kris Jenkins also touched on the contract situations possible ramifications when trading camp comes around.

"You have to understand that this is a business, so each individual player has to take the time out to worry about himself in the offseason. That's their business. We understand that as players. So Nick and Darrelle, they know that we're behind them," Jenkins said.

Kris is never short of a few words on anything, and while it's unfortunate that the dominating story around the Jets right now is a negative contract one, you wouldn't expect anything less than for the players to stand behind their peers. Most of these players have been or will be in a similar situation at some point throughout their career.

I know I'm just looking forward to training camp and getting the players working towards a common goal. If Revis and/or Mangold decide to hold out then so be it. Like Rex will probably say, lets focus on the guys we do have in camp.

I'm hoping that both these players realize that we have the chance to do something pretty special this year, they will both get paid eventually, I don't think there is much doubt about that, and when they do get paid it's going to be a pretty heavy packet. Holding out hurts the team and the common goal.

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Define "stand behind"....

Not really sure what Jenkins means when he says that. He seriously considered retirement but decided to return for another year. I assume at this stage of his career he returned for the possibility of a Super Bowl ring, although he’s the only one who would know for sure.
Yesterday the NFLPA president said he’d renew the current contract for another 6 years, while today the chief negotiator for the NFL nixed that. It seems to an outsider that if one side is willing to continue the CBA as is it would favor that side, namely the players. Does anyone really believe that the current salary structure can be maintained for a prolonged period of time? Although the owners are under no duress to agree to those contracts, and often cut players that do not have guarantees.
All I know is that I can no longer afford to buy tickets to see the Jets, and that is largely a function of these contracts. You can say that the marketplace determines their salaries, but at what point is enough enough. Anyone on this fan site wanna survive on these salaries, even for a short period of time?
When you make statements like Jenkins has that can only serve to take away from the focus of the season, I find that problematic at best. Anyone else wanna do that where they work?

by oldskooljet on Jul 22, 2010 9:50 AM EDT reply actions  

I think they only "Stand Behind" if you take care of your biz:

Jenkins says that they would stand behind teammates during these situations, but I don’t think he’s saying this if it’s anyone else. Think about it: Nick Mangold IS the best Center in football, Darrelle Revis IS the best CB in football, and David Harris is a pretty up and coming player.

If these guys didn’t take care of their business on the field, BIG Kris tears into them to get their ass into training camp on time especially since all these players have signed contracts.

Jenkins is a hoot though! How about that cookie diet. Bleh, I don’t think I could do that for too long! Cookies for breakfast AND lunch, no thanks!

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by e_man on Jul 22, 2010 3:06 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Trading Camp is coming? Run and hide guys Jarmarcus Russel is coming, LoL. I had to do a double take on that one David.
Players should support other players as long as it is about something like contracts and unfair punishment. Specially if they are their teammates. We fans should also support our favorite players. If Eagles fans would have cared more about Dawkins and less about bashing the team maybe the team would have kept him. The Jets should have traded for him.

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by mousie on Jul 22, 2010 6:20 PM EDT reply actions  

I think what Kris means is you won’t hear any public ridicule from the other players. They could all easily end up in the same spot at some point.

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by John B on Jul 22, 2010 8:20 PM EDT reply actions  

Silence is golden....

And not criticizing or publically taking a stance is fine. Almost every player does find themselves in a similar situation at least once in their career.

by oldskooljet on Jul 23, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

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