Posted on 26 April 2012. Tags: Engage, fight, isn, McGinest, news, Nfl, Patriots', spat, Twitter, Welker, Wes Welker, Willie, willie mcginest, Willie McGinest.McGinest
Wes Welker isn’t hesitant to stand up for himself when he believes he has been wronged.
He very first proved that when he announced he most likely won’t attend the New England Patriots’ mandatory June minicamp if he hasn’t received the long-term deal he deserves. Now he has identified another fight to choose — this time against ex-Patriots linebacker and present NFL Network analyst Willie McGinest.
McGinest mentioned Tuesday on NFL Network that he didn’t “like the diva attitude” coming from Welker, adding: “Let’s keep it actual. Prior to the Patriots, this is a guy who played 3 years, had 96 receptions, never ever had a 1,000-yard season.”
These words didn’t sit nicely with Welker, who sent the following missive at McGinest on Wednesday:
McGinest played for the Patriots from 1994 to 2005, winning three Super Bowls, before ending his profession with 3 seasons in Cleveland. Those final three years apparently left McGinest longing for his days in Foxborough, Mass., as he responded to Welker’s comment with a reminder on how swiftly things can turn for a Patriot.
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Posted on 12 June 2011. Tags: chance, comeback, considering, contract, Dave Birkett, Detroit Lions, getty images, he’s, League, Lions, McGinest, Nfl, Nfl Network, suggests, Willie, willie mcginest
Amongst the players working out with the Detroit Lions was a guy who hasn’t played with the Lions, or any other NFL team, considering that 2008.
Linebacker Willie McGinest is interested in trying to make a return to the game, and he’s hoping that his effort in the course of the Lions’ lockout workouts will result in another chance.
“We’re going to see if I get provided a contract now,” McGinest stated Friday, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “After I send this tape out to a few teams, we’re going to see.”
NFL Network was present to tape McGinest’s workout, and footage aired throughout Friday’s edition of Total Access.
“Thank God I was in shape and I was able to do all the stuff,” McGinest stated. “It was a diverse kind of workout, though. . . . It was less football function, but it was a lot of core conditioning, acquiring the heart rate up. And talking to [trainer Mike Knight], this is one of those workouts they would implement like one or two days a week out of the other standard stuff you do as a change-up, which was great for me.”
Even although McGinest has been out of the league for a fairly extended stretch, the lockout could make veterans who are capable of hitting the ground running far more attractive than younger players who haven’t had the benefit of a full offseason of OTAs and minicamps. In that regard, veteran players presently out of the league would in fact benefit from a lockout that ultimately consumes training camp and the preseason, and that requires teams to slap their rosters together in a short period of time.
That said, as we read McGinest’s comments there’s a opportunity he was just joking about playing once more. In the course of his segment on Total Access with Rich Eisen, McGinest said nothing about planning to parlay his workout with the Lions into a contract with the Lions or 1 of the other 31 NFL teams.
UPDATE: As it turns out, McGinest was indeed kidding. ”Even although I looked as very good as I did, this number 55 has been retired for three years and plans to remain retired,” McGinest said in a statement forwarded to PFT. “The only thing that will bring me back is a one-day contract with New England to retire as a Patriot.”
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Posted on 12 June 2011. Tags: Brett Favre, comeback, contract, facial expressions, genuine desire, Getty, getty images, he’s, making, McGinest, Nfl, says, tongue, willie mcginest
The quotes seemed to be produced with tongue at least partially in cheek. But considering that we weren’t there to observe his demeanor or scrutinize his facial expressions, we deferred to the published report indicating that linebacker Willie McGinest’s comments following a lockout workout with the Lions suggested a genuine desire to make a comeback — specially since the comments appeared under a headline that proclaimed, “McGinest eyeing return to NFL.”
“We’re going to see if I get provided a contract now,” McGinest stated Friday. “After I send this tape out to a couple of teams, we’re going to see.”
As we suspected, McGinest wasn’t serious about really returning to the NFL right after two full seasons out of the game.
“Even although I looked as very good as I did, this number 55 has been retired for three years and plans to stay retired,” McGinest said in a statement forwarded on Saturday night to PFT. “The only factor that will bring me back is a 1-day contract with New England to retire as a Patriot.”
So there you have it. McGinest, 39, who retired a year after Brett Favre initially did will continue to honor that retirement. Which Brett Favre to date still hasn’t been able to do.
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