Bullflop
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I can only imagine how awkward the meeting was. I see Jaylon coming in and lighting up to see his old pal Jerry. Then Jerry having to explain what a brutal business football can be, and how he is obligated to make decisions sometimes that he doesn't like, for the betterment of the club going forward.
Publicly Jaylon doesn't have a lot of self awareness. Whether "check the film" is a facade or his legitimate belief is beyond me. If it truly is how he feels, he's shocked that a superstar like himself is being let go. In fairness most of us are pretty damn surprised, even though he was performing better he is being released. Then again we didn't think about the injury clause in his contract either.
One thing I will say is his response from what I have heard has been nothing but positive. So the front office must have handled it somewhat well? Hate him or not Jaylon shows to be an extremely positive person and that mindset goes a long ways for anyone. More power to him, and good luck moving forward.
Yes he made me furious on the field, and social media at times, but I never questioned the character of the man. Annoying as hell at times, but he always seemed to be good people.
Jaylon was devoted to self promotion -- that's for sure. It sometimes amazes me that Jerry and Stephen were receptive to him for so long. The mistake of overpaying him so drastically must have been embarrassing to the FO, though. Jaylon, no doubt, could see that the public's view of him wasn't up to the image that he so wanted to create. I'm sure Dan Quinn finally told the FO how he felt about Jaylon's inabilities to perform, despite the FO's willingness to accommodate him for such a long time.
I agree that he's not a bad guy, though, just far too limited. I'm sure Jerry let him go as gently as humanly possible, although, Jaylon had to be supremely disappointed that he was released, despite being paid so generously. The FO's willingness to release him and take such a large monetary hit to do so must have been hard for Jaylon to handle. Business is business, though -- that much surely became painfully obvious to him. It was necessary.
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