New Reports of AR having to be talked to by teammates

[ChoppedWood]

So, today there is this new burst of reports about teammates apparently stepping to AR and telling him he isn't pulling his weight.

This new reporting names names with Bucker and oddly enough, Ehlinger, named as players that told him he needed to do more. Buckner apparently going so far as to say he signed his extension because of his belief in AR but he is no longer in that camp.

What is missing, is timeline. It is not clear whether this is post the benching- i.e. he has not demonstrated the ethic / effort required even after returning. Absent that, it is hard to really take away much.

What I do feel however is, by not saying "prior to benching" or "since he returned to the starting role"... to me this lack of clarity is intended to further injure his credibility in the NFL.

To that end, with the Steichen soreness comments, and this new wave of negative reporting, boy it sure has the hallmarks of an organization looking to soil a player to lessen their culpability.

Would not surprise me if they release him at this point. If so, then there is a much deeper story that needs to be told here.