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Who says it's about the stress and chance of reinjury? Maybe he was CAPABLE of covering kicks but didn't demonstrate the vision and cutback ability needed to be an effective running back? Many people cover kicks that don't do much else.

Covering kicks and being an effective running back are not the same thing.

Appreciate the insight. The idea that this was simply coaches refusing to play the best player for no reason whatsoever made no sense...no matter how much people want to attack the coaches.

Absolutely. Wouldn't make sense that coaches would simply choose not to play him just for the **** of it if there were any indication that he was both ready to play, and better than what we had.

I'm sure the coaches didn't just go "Lingard is our most talented back, and we're having a bad season, so we're just going to sit him and risk our jobs." IF Lingard was healthy enough to play and showed in practice that he was capable, then there had to be something else going on.

Then, like I said, there's more to the story we aren't getting. Deejay and Cam sure don't seem to have a trust issue with Manny. Something specific about Lingard's relationship with the coaches comes into play. We don't know what it is.

But if he just wanted an opportunity, how is sitting out yet another year going to give him that? Why is it that he feels he can't play here next year? That's the part of the story we aren't getting.

...a completely silly response by you. Sitting out another year when if he was good enough he could compete for playing time under a new OC makes no logical sense.

Maybe. Hard to know for sure. Maybe his injury had a lasting effect? Doesn't make sense otherwise, to wait another whole year to play, when we have an OC change coming now, unless he feels he can't compete (never regained full ability) or won't be allowed to compete (if so, why??).

Leaving makes no sense unless he feels he won't be able to get carries over Harris, Knighton, and Cheney. He now has to sit out another year...which is another year of lack of on-field development for him. There has to be more to this story than we're seeing.