Cincyfan78
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Please note I said "on this level"...golf buddy's wife is a licensed psych analyst..deals with a lot of DV abuse victims (and abusers) for the VA Hosp...she also echoes some of the points you've brought up, but she saw the video and she thought it was doubtful that she's taken a beating like that before...but it does enhance the chances of it happening again since she did stay with him if this guy doesn't get some help.
Agree, but nobody could run behind that OL LY...Pierce struggled too...turns 28 in Jan...these smaller stature RBs don't drop off quite as fast...some team will give him a look.
edited to note... I make no claims of being an authority on this topic, more or less going off the thought of my friend's wife who deals with this a lot.
Right. It's hard to fathom, but just from knowing what I know (and granted that might be pretty minimal) just saying that it's 100% possible it's not the first time. Hard to tell when so many victims in the past show little to no signs of abuse because of how they protect the abuser.
I have no clue where I got he was 30/31 already...lol...but I know that for the past 5 or so years, in his prime, Rice has had more total touches than just about any other RB...those touches add up. He was significantly slower last year, and his YAC was the worst in the NFL, if I remember correctly. Those are things that don't just limit themselves to poor OL play, which is also a factor.
You are right, some team may give him a shot...but we'll see.