Won't be back.With his NFL flirtation likely over for the time being, he'll hit the open market soon and be eligible for the 2020 season. He'd likely command 700k or so and he'd have to be at fullback to deserve that kind of money...
Seeing as we've missed out on Api, Ramien etc and still have money to spend, what are your thoughts about going after Holmes? We could move DWZ to the centres or wing and alternate he and Holmes at fullback throughout the game.
Or he could always somehow end up at Brisbane, Cronulla, the Roosters and the usual cartel clubs..
I'd probably rather Papenhuyzen long term but I certainly wouldn't complain if we nabbed Val.
Maybe he will. But what would be the point from his perspective? To hold on to some faint hope for the next year or two that at best he's the 4th string RB on the depth chart? Or a WR6 that gets some special teams snaps a game? And that's pretty much the best case scenario.Won't be back.
He will stay and take up the international spot on the practice squad.
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Why do players like Hayne and Holmes throw away their best years if the chances of accomplishing anything over there are so slim, surely he would have people in his ear telling him about the challenges?
Holmes signed to NY Jets Practice squad.Maybe he will. But what would be the point from his perspective? To hold on to some faint hope for the next year or two that at best he's the 4th string RB on the depth chart? Or a WR6 that gets some special teams snaps a game? And that's pretty much the best case scenario.
I still think he'll be back next season once he realises that there is no realistic path to him getting a spot on a 53 man NFL roster any time soon and when he feels the pinch of turning down an extra 500k or more per season he isn't playing in the NRL.
Good on him for hanging around but him being signed to their practice squad doesn't mean that rules out a move back to the NRL for 2020. Guys get cut in the NFL every day, ones who earn more and have more experience than Holmes.Holmes signed to NY Jets Practice squad.
Guess he isn't a quitter like Hayne.
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He has no path this year. Not allowed to be promoted.Good on him for hanging around but him being signed to their practice squad doesn't mean that rules out a move back to the NRL for 2020. Guys get cut in the NFL every day, ones who earn more and have more experience than Holmes.
With Bell, Montgomery and whoever else in front of him as a RB, he has no path to a role unless there are injuries. And even then, they'll just sign another RB off the street before they play Holmes because Val is a project whereas the other guys are proven commodities.
And the Roosters sign him on $450k per year ... cough cough !!!!I’m all for trying to sign him. It will be funny watching the kennel mob blowing a gasket when he knocks as back to sign with the roosters... lol