REPORT: Russell Okung isn't retiring.........(locked)

[hepcat]

Easy fellas, there’s still a chance there’s not a full season

[stbugs]

1 minute ago, t96 said:

If he retires with the reason being coronavirus concerns then it’s not fair at all to say Marty should’ve seen that coming. —not a fan of Hurney

How? The trade was March. Pro days were being cancelled and we were getting close to lockdowns and shutting down schools. A heart issue is one of the reasons why a player would opt out. There’s a difference between seeing it coming and being smart enough to realize that they were trading for one of the few people in the NFL who you’d say should sit out.

[Carl Spackler]

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[stbugs]

5 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

Cutting him would have cost more but go off I guess

Not true. Releasing Turner and trading him had the exact same cap result. Any unaccounted for bonus money hits the 2020 cap instead of spreading out over 2020 and 2021.

[Anybodyhome]

26 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

There goes any chance of us being competitive 

Yeah.... I thought that chance left the building a long time before this.

[raleigh-panther]

34 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Dude isnt a long term player anyways. Need to see what the young guys have.

Not the point. Our fabulous GM and others in the football brain trust gave up a young player for an old one

here we are. We never ever learn. Ever  Hurney is still here. Players, coaches and owner have come and gone. 
sick of it

[NAS]

37 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Decieving title.. it says mulling

Yes, he is only considering it if he doesn't feel safe due to COVID.

[Smithers]

47 minutes ago, SJTG4 said:

it begins! traded Trai for nothing lmfao MARTY 2.0 you're on fire baby!!

No GM on the planet could Have predicted that. Cmon man

[Peon Awesome]

The funny thing is, he could have easily justified being high risk for COVID given his blood clot history, pocketed the $350k and retired next year. Instead he's locked himself into either playing or retiring. I'd say that's better than him opting out. Would save $12.5 million in cap space and forces us to evaluate our young guys so we're better equipped to know where we stand on the line in 2021. Anyhow he is still mulling it per the report. I think it's more likely he actually plays. I think this is his way of announcing a fall back plan since he didn't opt out. Just doesn't really make sense to retire over opt out given the reasons I elucidated.

[LinvilleGorge]

So... we basically cut Trai?

It's why that trade made zero sense to me once we moved on from Cam. If you were trying to make a push with Cam, it made sense. If you're rebuilding, trade him for draft assets not a LT nearing the end of his career in a rental contract.

[raleigh-panther]

7 minutes ago, Smithers said:

No GM on the planet could Have predicted that. Cmon man

Actually, they could, he  is older. He had an embolism. Serious stuff.  Most GMs would not have touched him and certainly not in exchange for Turner 

no our Marty. Come over down Russell 

[stbugs]

3 minutes ago, Smithers said:

No GM on the planet could Have predicted that. Cmon man

Not true at all. He had a life threatening heart issue which caused him to miss 10 games. The trade was in March. Even the author of the article mentions the risk of him retiring right when the trade happen because Okung mulled retirement after the season.

Sorry, but this idea that in March Hurney couldn’t possibly have seen retirement as a risk is bunk. If he felt like it was a risk he’d live with that’s fine, but it certainly wasn’t a unbelievable announcement that he’s mulling retirement.

He’s literally the poster boy for a player who should opt out based on his heart issue last year. It would be more troubling if Hurney didn’t consider the risk at all.

[Mol3m4n]

If he retires are we just screwed on the trade? 

[ncfan]

I mean anyone could've seen this coming.

 

Dude had a dam near life threatening (not just career ending) life threatening injury last year.  He's had several other major injuries.

 

Said it was a crap trade when it happened and said we'd be lucky to see him on the field for even half a season.  And some people poo'd people who didnt agree.