Xavien Howard's Holdout
Xavien Howard's holdout makes sense to me. I wish that he were able to pursue it without holding out - but I also get that playing in the League is a job, and we all want compensated and appreciated for what we have done and what we are capable of in the future. Howard got robbed of the Defensive Player of the Year last year. I know he's thinking it. Well, of course I can't know that, but it's reasonable to assume it. Part of why he didn't get the Award is because he plays in Miami - a football town largely forgotten by Them - the Big Committees. Whoever they are. Howard has to know he's already had teams calling about him. How many of them are Contenders? I wonder whether he's wondering in his mind the same thing I am: Is Miami ever going to get out of the Just Missed the Wildcard loop they've got themselves in. If he were on a Playoff team, to say nothing of a Super Bowl Contender, his odds of making a bid for Canton might be a lot higher. So he wants...