Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa was fined $27,900 by the team for missing two days of treatment, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini. The wideout later took to Twitter to blast the team for the punishment.
“I normally chill on putting issues on twitter, but this doesnt sit right with me,” Enunwa wrote. “Given everything that’s going on around the team I thought this could’ve been handled so many different ways…I missed those two days, because I took my VETERAN wife out for Veterans Day lunch and because I had to handle an emergency in my house. I let the team know this after the fact, and yes, I should have told them beforehand, but I feel like this was excessive…I’m on IR trying to get back to play so I never thought that they’d be worried about me missing, but obviously I was wrong.”
Enunwa, who’s currently on the injured reserve with a neck injury, revealed that there’s only a 50% chance he ever sees the field again.
Let’s take a look at more notes out of New York…
- Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News uses Enunwa’s outburst as an example for how players don’t respect head coach Adam Gase. Following the receiver’s comments, Mehta observed that Gase “displayed poor leadership for unofficially the 1,969th time Friday with an arrogance and defiance that simply reinforced that he hasn’t learned a damn thing.” Gase was quick to dismiss the story, telling reporters that they generally settle these types of grievances in-house. As Mehta writes, this type of logic has led to three players taking action against the organization in the past four weeks.
- Jets offensive lineman Brian Winters was recently placed on the injured reserve, and Matt Stypulkoski of NJ.com wonders if the veteran has played his final game for the organization. The 28-year-old is the team’s longest-tenured lineman, as he joined the organization back in 2013. Winters will be entering the final year of his contract in 2020, and Stypulkoski opines that it may be in the Jets’ best interest to move on from the veteran as they look to revamp the entire unit (the Jets would save around $7MM by cutting Winters). The writer also explored the pros and cons of making such a move.
- Winters’ recent injury emphasizes that general manager Joe Douglas needs to focus on improving the offensive line this offseason, writes Mehta. As the writer notes, four of the team’s five starting offensive linemen to begin the season have missed time thanks to injury, and the team has had to rely on six different groupings this year. While injuries are obviously unavoidable, Mehta believes Douglas needs to invest resources into building a reliable offensive line in front of Sam Darnold.
I’m gaining some respect for Case knowing he won’t waste time on idiots like Mehta, who probably spent four years in college just learning to count to 1969.
I agree that Gase has actually handled the media side of things very well. I’m still undecided about his play calling given that no matter what play he could write up or call never has enough time to develop. Oline has single handedly wasted the season
Mehta is the dumpster of NFL beat writers
Jet’s strategic thinking: Hold on to a coach you Don’t really like but allow him to draft the new QB. Fire that coach, and go w/ “O” minded head coach. The new HC doesn’t like the GM that drafted the QB and gets him fired. Hire a new GM that’s friends w/ the new HC so he won’t get fired.
My Skins use similar logic, if you can call it logic.
I don’t think the Jets and Redskins are the only victims. The whole hiring process throughout the league has jumped the shark. At one time the owner called the shots and that was it. Now you have outside consultants being hired to provide recommendations, the marketing people involved, focus groups providing input and the Fritz Pollard Alliance adding their two cents.
this might be the worst American pro sports franchise in quite some time.
That NFL team in DC says hold my beer
im thinking cleveland might also have a say in this as well.
Mix Cinny in there as well.
There’s an NBA team in the same city that would beg to differ