Retired? LB Zach Thomas is at Chiefs Practice
by Joel Thorman on Sep 1, 2009 11:00 AM CDT
in 2009 Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp
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PrintTowards the end of one of the most interesting days in recent Kansas City Chiefs memory, we heard a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter that Zach Thomas would be calling it quits.
Less than an hour later agent Drew Rosenhaus took to Twitter to say that his client is not retiring and he plans on having an excellent season with the Chiefs.
So, who was right? At this point, it looks like Rosenhaus' claim has been validated.
According to Josh Looney, Thomas is currently at practice.
"[H]appy to see Zach Thomas working out in the rehab area and NOT retired," Looney reports.
Interesting. There's still the possibility that Rosenhaus talked his client into continuing to practice and play for the Chiefs in order to secure some sort of injury settlement.
Thomas hasn't practiced since August 6th.
There's a good chance we won't know the truth until September 13th when the Chiefs line up against the Baltimore Ravens. If Thomas is in the lineup, he'll receive his full $1 million salary from the Chiefs since he is a vested veteran.
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I for one am shocked....
….usually when Schefter speaks inside info it is mostly correct! We’re not talking Mortenson here…. IT’S ESPN! They’re getting to him! Run Adam Run!!!!
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
It's not over yet
Part of me still believes Schefter’s report that Thomas will retire, be cut or receive an injury settlement. In fact, a big part of me does.
by Joel Thorman on Sep 1, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
joel
just to let you know that pic before the jump is monty beisel – not zach. im suprised no one noticed that.
this is true.
other than the one in the NFL Wired video of todd haley – the sqaurest head in the world.
I believe that too
Thats weird that he would do something like that…If those are his intentions i hope we cut him so his agent doesnt get ANYTHING.
And i noticed that about the picture too…weird.
by Wrestler189s on Sep 1, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I think with Mays playing so well
that makes Thomas expendable.
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+1
I 100% agree. Personally I think ZT let the word slip he was retiring or word got out about it. Rosenhaus twitter and Zach back in camp is just damage control because theres still money on the table if ZT gets released in the form of an injury settlement. So if he gets cut then he gets his settlement and retires and if he doesnt then he retires and nothing lost. I mean all he has to do is ride bikes in no mans land for a few days and a few hundred k headed his way.
"Success is never ending, failure is never final."
This is all about Drew Rosenhaus
He just has to last long enough to qualify for an injury settlement. He’ll never play a down in the regular season.
that is what I am thinking
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My bet is that Schefter IS correct
just the timing wrong. Thomas apparently has a million$$ reasons to hang around for a couple of more weeks. The question is whether Pioli lets him cash that check. He isn’t exactly back at practice. He is back on the exercise bike, not the field. Big difference. If he was lining up with pads on I would be a believer.
all I can say is
the timing is very interesting
the guy wasnt at practice, then, is reported as retiring, and all of a sudden is back….
only thing I can think of, is the timing requires ZT to go out, make a visual effort, then say it isnt working and retire.
Its tough because if mays were to take his job….ZT isnt going to be playing special teams.
I think schefter is right
I think it’s weird that Thomas wasn’t at practice at all and now he’s back but in no man’s land? My guess is once he stopped coming to practice (last week?) he decided it was because it was time to hang it up. Rosenhaus, being the slimey peice of crap that he is, decided he was still gonna get his cut. That’s why Thomas came back to workout in no man’s land.
If he really is holding out for his money.....
….then I will have lost a lot of respect for ZT. Rosenhaus or not, that is a disrespect to any organization. I doubt he needs the money and if he did this isn’t the way to get it.
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I generally agree...
but if he was injured at practice, after attending all of the OTAs and training camp stuff, just to be cut because of his injury, he should be compensated. I would want to be too if I were in his position.
It isn't like he hasn't been getting a check
He has been paid for his trouble. His “injury” isn’t apparently bad since he is still on bike patrol. He came with concussions, that’s not on KC. Personally, I would like to see him retained as coach/advisor for the defense.
But Drew Rosenhaus said:
“that his client is not retiring and he plans on having an excellent season with the Chiefs.”
For What It’s Worth
I like that Haley was working the players hard
but I think he has went to far, And I think it is starting to show, We have so many players hurt right now, and in the last game the whole team just looked off. Zack didn’t look like he lost a step in the OTA’s and then all of the sudden he was nowhere to be seen. You can’t expect a guy his age to keep up that pace, Even the young ones need a break sometimes.
Herm is gone things are better with that one move!!
by bringbacktheglory on Sep 1, 2009 11:49 AM CDT reply actions
I attribute all the injuries to that front page entry on AP last week
…that was gloating on the fact that we’d had so few injuries this preseason because of Haley’s new conditioning program. Bad karma to say stuff like that.
I’m kidding of course, I don’t believe in jinxes…but it sure is ironic how things fall into place.
2 theories
Schefter’s comments were a prediction, based on what he’s seen… not actually based on info obtained from ZT or the Chiefs.
OR
The “super agent” is posturing for an injury settlement, and told his guy to go to practice
* "I doubt anyone will miss Connor Barth except UCrawford"
* the LB corps may become the biggest strength of the Chiefs in 2009
* The OL is NOT as bad as you think it is... give it time, and you'll see improvement this season
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