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[joesham]

BRONCOS TRADE FOXWORTH TO FALCONS

Posted by Mike Florio on September 2, 2008, 9:54 a.m.
CBS 4 in Denver reports that the Broncos have dealt cornerback Dominique Foxworth to the Atlanta Falcons.
In return, the Broncos will receive a seventh-round pick. If the Falcons re-sign Foxworth this year, the pick upgrades to a sixth-rounder.
Foxworth, a third-round pick in 2005, started 18 games in three seasons. He played mainly as a nickel back last year.
Foxworth was one of the players who took the January 2007 death of Darrent Williams particularly hard, and the simple reality could be that Foxworth needed to move on before he truly could move on.

[GoonBoss]

Originally Posted by joesham

BRONCOS TRADE FOXWORTH TO FALCONS

Posted by Mike Florio on September 2, 2008, 9:54 a.m.
CBS 4 in Denver reports that the Broncos have dealt cornerback Dominique Foxworth to the Atlanta Falcons.
In return, the Broncos will receive a seventh-round pick. If the Falcons re-sign Foxworth this year, the pick upgrades to a sixth-rounder.
Foxworth, a third-round pick in 2005, started 18 games in three seasons. He played mainly as a nickel back last year.
Foxworth was one of the players who took the January 2007 death of Darrent Williams particularly hard, and the simple reality could be that Foxworth needed to move on before he truly could move on.

You've got to be kidding me. When I was in the Army (Peacetime) I was in units where we lost soldiers to car wrecks, domestic shootings, drowning....Heck, we even had one guy at Ft Hood get shot in the barracks by his girlfreind right in front of one of my soldiers. You know what? You put an arm around them and let them know you'll always be there for them if they need a shoulder (Like any NCO is supposed to do all the time anyway) and then, they get some equivilent of "Son, he was your friend and I'm sorry he's gone, but, it's time to ruck up and drive on."

I've had 17 year old soldiers that didn't need to "move on to move on." Not making light of his mental state or anything but, how can you be a professional football player and not be mentally tough enough to buckle up your chinstrap and go play?

The Falcons are welcome to him, IMO.

[ZachThomas76]

Originally Posted by GoonBoss

You've got to be kidding me. When I was in the Army (Peacetime) I was in units where we lost soldiers to car wrecks, domestic shootings, drowning....Heck, we even had one guy at Ft Hood get shot in the barracks by his girlfreind right in front of one of my soldiers. You know what? You put an arm around them and let them know you'll always be there for them if they need a shoulder (Like any NCO is supposed to do all the time anyway) and then, they get some equivilent of "Son, he was your friend and I'm sorry he's gone, but, it's time to ruck up and drive on."

I've had 17 year old soldiers that didn't need to "move on to move on." Not making light of his mental state or anything but, how can you be a professional football player and not be mentally tough enough to buckle up your chinstrap and go play?

The Falcons are welcome to him, IMO.

uh, its football, not war. they dont go to work or out with a friend expecting them to die, or be paralyzed for life.

[GoonBoss]

Originally Posted by ZachThomas76

uh, its football, not war. they dont go to work or out with a friend expecting them to die, or be paralyzed for life.

Uhhh, I realize that. We were not at war at the time. The Army is much like any other job when one is not mucking about in the sand overseas. One does not expect one's freind to get shot in front of them or fall off a jet ski at the lake either. Life goes on.

[SpurzN703]

Originally Posted by GoonBoss

You've got to be kidding me. When I was in the Army (Peacetime) I was in units where we lost soldiers to car wrecks, domestic shootings, drowning....Heck, we even had one guy at Ft Hood get shot in the barracks by his girlfreind right in front of one of my soldiers. You know what? You put an arm around them and let them know you'll always be there for them if they need a shoulder (Like any NCO is supposed to do all the time anyway) and then, they get some equivilent of "Son, he was your friend and I'm sorry he's gone, but, it's time to ruck up and drive on."

I've had 17 year old soldiers that didn't need to "move on to move on." Not making light of his mental state or anything but, how can you be a professional football player and not be mentally tough enough to buckle up your chinstrap and go play?

The Falcons are welcome to him, IMO.

Everyone is different. Not every human being out there can just move on at the drop of a hat.

[GoonBoss]

Originally Posted by SpurzN703

Everyone is different. Not every human being out there can just move on at the drop of a hat.

I certainly understand that and scars linger. That's why they call them scars. I guess I just do not understand how a guy is not mentally tough enough to get thier act together...Especially a football player. And it's hardly been the drop of a hat. I do not mean to make light of his mental state, as I said....I simply do not understand how one essentially flushes one's career becuase of the loss of a freind or associate. It's supposed to hurt, it's not supposed to cripple.

[The Myth]

Originally Posted by GoonBoss

You've got to be kidding me. When I was in the Army (Peacetime) I was in units where we lost soldiers to car wrecks, domestic shootings, drowning....Heck, we even had one guy at Ft Hood get shot in the barracks by his girlfreind right in front of one of my soldiers. You know what? You put an arm around them and let them know you'll always be there for them if they need a shoulder (Like any NCO is supposed to do all the time anyway) and then, they get some equivilent of "Son, he was your friend and I'm sorry he's gone, but, it's time to ruck up and drive on."

I've had 17 year old soldiers that didn't need to "move on to move on." Not making light of his mental state or anything but, how can you be a professional football player and not be mentally tough enough to buckle up your chinstrap and go play?

The Falcons are welcome to him, IMO.

Every person handles grief differently. The military way is not always the best way. I was also in the military I am one of 6 left of 28 who started out together. The loss of a buddy can rip a guy up some get past it quickly other don't. I never took it for granted that a guy was OK after a loss of one of us. Some times you do need to be some place else.
In the military that is not normally possible but the NFL in not the military.

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by joesham

BRONCOS TRADE FOXWORTH TO FALCONS

Posted by Mike Florio on September 2, 2008, 9:54 a.m.
CBS 4 in Denver reports that the Broncos have dealt cornerback Dominique Foxworth to the Atlanta Falcons.
In return, the Broncos will receive a seventh-round pick. If the Falcons re-sign Foxworth this year, the pick upgrades to a sixth-rounder.
Foxworth, a third-round pick in 2005, started 18 games in three seasons. He played mainly as a nickel back last year.
Foxworth was one of the players who took the January 2007 death of Darrent Williams particularly hard, and the simple reality could be that Foxworth needed to move on before he truly could move on.

Or it could just be that he's not all that good. This is just speculation by the writer, lets not get all that worked up about it.