I tend to agree he sounds more like he's resigned than he's being a "team player" (whatever that nebulous phrase means). While on its face it may sound noble for him to say he's willing to take a back seat to Finley, to me it sounds like he has a lack of drive. I'd rather have him full of spit and vinegar, telling us that he's going to work his ass off in an effort to supplant Finley and regain his starting spot. That way even if he lost (and yes, we know the ending is probably already pre-scripted), at least we'd have some dynamic competition in camp. I don't think a man who has enough ambition to make it in the pros should ever be content to settle for a backup role, even if he knows it's inevitable. He should be overpowered by sheer force of talent/health/circumstance, etc.

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But Flynn arrived here in 08' and had an opportunity to compete for the QB position because of the starters retirement.

However talent and experience gave way to the eventual starter, but Flynn bypassed a highly touted fellow rookie for playing time.

So in a general terms.. Flynn and Lee are in similar positions.. ones were they are playing behind a superior talent and accepting their roles with a positive attitude. Albeit how they got there is different. 😉

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Finley was the starter at the end of the season last year.


No more ... that was the nail in the coffin. 🙂

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Maybe Lee himself realizes how overrated he is and is just keeping low while he's still on the roster.

He's still going on a flukey 2007 season when he had a QB who loves to throw it to TEs and was forced up the depth chart because Bubba couldn't stay healthy anymore, David Martin was gone and our other TE was Ryan Krause, who caught a whopping 7 balls in 4 years.

I wish him the best, but I really wouldn't mind seeing him cut this year. I think that he'll be a great nr. 2 for some other team, though. Maybe a nr. 1 if it's a place where they don't have any noteworthy TE at all. A team like the Panthers could use him very well.

IronMan's never missed a day of work in his life. He even comes in when he's under the weather. This board may be his only outlet to showing signs of being human. So, I think he's entitled to one liners, no?



This is the thing. What if 2007 wasn't a fluke season and Aaron and him just need to develop better chemistry? Lee looked solid (not elite, but solid) with Favre. Favre took half the season to warm up to Berrian last year. Aaron had immediate chemistry with Finley but doesn't seem to have it with Donald Lee.

I don't know. Just brainstorming here. Wondering if it's a matter of chemistry or maybe you're right. Maybe Lee just had one fluke solid season.

I really liked him in '07 though. Wish he can regain that '07 form.

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I'm entitled to ask for his opinion. 🙂

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