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"..we will never see '15 Cam again.." - '17 season review


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36 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

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Never eat street food in a foreign country.  A very valuable lesson and a mistake I will never make a second time.  The worst 24 hours of pain I had ever felt.  Ever heard the saying 'I'd have to die to feel better?'  Yeah, that bad.

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This should be an indication that the NFLPA will approve the cba. Tretter was voted in over exective board member Michael Thomas who voted no on cba and who was back by executive board members Richard Sherman and Russell Okung, who also voted no on cba.
Teams were in a holding pattern until the cba vote, now, we can expect teams to start re-signing their own.
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3 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Didn't Cam only attempt a handful of deep throws in 17?

I mean he wasn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination but you could tell the limited practice throughout the year and his shoulder healing hampered his game in 2017. 

Yes his deep throw completion percentage, attempts, passer rating have all been way down since the original shoulder surgery. 

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4 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Didn't Cam only attempt a handful of deep throws in 17?

I mean he wasn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination but you could tell the limited practice throughout the year and his shoulder healing hampered his game in 2017. 

Who exactly did he have to throw deep to? Look at that list. Which one of those guys are a legit NFL WR?

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