After spending nine seasons the Titans, defensive tackle Jurrell Casey felt entirely disrespected when he was traded to the Broncos in exchange for a seventh-round pick earlier this year. “For us to get to that point to get better and to be a main focus of that and then you just throw me away to the trash like I wasn’t a main block of that, especially coming off an injury the year before and playing the whole season for ya’ll,” Casey tells Terry McCormick of TitansInsider.com. “No complaints, I did everything you wanted me to do and you throw me like a piece of trash.” Tennessee shopped Casey before trading him, per McCormick, and moved on him from largely due to his upcoming salary. But Casey says he wasn’t aware of any trade talks until roughly 30 seconds before the deal was finalized.
Here’s more from the NFL’s two South divisions:
- Count Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan among those who believe Colin Kaepernick should have a shot to return to the NFL. Speaking to reporters, Ryan said Kaepernick, who was essentially blackballed for protesting police brutality in 2016, should have “every opportunity” to join an NFL roster this year (Twitter link via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com). The status of the 32-year-old Kaepernick has re-entered the news following the killing of George Floyd and subsequent nationwide protests against police violence and systemic racism.
- The Texans fired ex-general manager Brian Gaine one year ago Sunday, paving the way for head coach Bill O’Brien to assume total power in Houston. Aaron Reiss of The Athletic looked back at the past year of O’Brien’s decision-making and highlighted that O’Brien is largely bucking conventional wisdom at every turn. Not only did O’Brien trade away a proven pass-catcher in DeAndre Hopkins, but he’s also placed little value on accumulating draft picks while deploying assets on running backs.
- PFR’s Zach Links recently profiled Texans cornerback Gareon Conley as he enters a make-or-break year in 2020.
Maybe he was blackballed because he sucked….but #facts don’t matter I guess….
In what universe did he “suck”? Especially in comparison to some of the gems that currently are among depth charts now?
He got outplayed by Blaine Gabbert, that is all…
He had one good season made it to the SB and choked the dude is to full of him self to be a team player it’s all about him
I mean, he passed for four yards in his last career start, so…
The settlement he was paid after an independent inquiry would indicate otherwise.
At the end of the day he hasn’t played in the NFL in 4 years now. It’s not about what he did anymore.
Yeah he keeps seeming to forget that part. He lost his job to Blaine Gabbert and then turned down the 49ers offer for a new contract. Oops
Welcome to the NFL Casey. All that non-sense about a (team name) player for life went out of style a long time ago. And don’t expect Denver not to either flip you, or cut you.
If he feels disrespected, he’ll have a chance to immediately vent out his frustrations: Tennessee is the first opponent on Denver’s 2020 schedule
The Titans know Casey better than anyone else his new team will face next season. The Broncos need to worry more about keeping Drew Lock from getting himself killed in his first opening week start in the NFL, especially if Clowney ends up signing with Tennessee.
Disrespected?? Welcome to 99.9% of what the rest of us go thru. Pure Clown
Right? Like he’s the first one this has ever happened to.
“No complaints…” but complaints. LOL
Kaepernick’s last chance was screwed over when he decided, at last second, to not go thru with his public NFL showing. That was the final nail in the coffin. Now he’s going on 4 years removed from the NFL. That’s a lot of missed time.
He would be in the NFL if he lowered his asking price because teams have called but he sux and is stupid just look at he showing he did last year or yr before
he asking for too much. he should of took a prove it deal. and when other leagues came asking istead of having a big head he should i went got alot of eyes on him and maybe he would have teams talking to him. but no his ego too big for all of that
Kap has had a couple of chances to regain entry into the league, but he simply wanted too much money and/or too much guaranteed money.
On the other hand, he also didn’t receive ALL the opportunities he would have normally had. Teams were simply afraid that he would bring in a media circus, and they didn’t want to take the risk of the backlash from fans and “negative publicity.” This was due to people misinterpreting his message, and the “disrespect” he was allegedly showing towards the national anthem and the American flag.
Kap absolutely had the talent to be a backup in the league. Although, due to his lack of progress reading the field, his overall stunted growth as a passer, his own perceived value, and due to teams shying away from him he never got that chance.
NFL Owners and teams are to blame for this, but the blame should also be correctly placed upon countless fans and Kap himself..
Agreed!
Firmly believe Atlanta should give Kaepernick a shot , Matt Ryan has never gotten them a ring , worth a shot since he is all for it
The thought of the Falcons going with CK over Ryan is laughable at best, but I decided to dig a little.
“Every opportunity” does not equal ‘is worthy of a roster spot”, which was the title on the Falcons rumors.
I checked the Twitter feed and listened to the interview there multiple times, but no mention of “is worthy of a roster spot”. If it does exist somewhere, I would love to get a link to it.