Bart Hubbuch is really down on LaDainian Tomlinson, or LaDone Tomlinson as he calls him in Sunday’s New York Post:
With mini-camp freshly behind them and training camp just around the corner, the Jets and their fans have plenty of reasons to be excited about Rex Ryan’s second season.
LaDainian Tomlinson shouldn’t be one of them.
One of Gang Green’s more curious moves this offseason was jettisoning Thomas Jones after a 1,402-yard rushing year and signing Tomlinson to replace him.
Tomlinson’s low-cost signing had all the makings of a marketing gambit to juice stagnant PSL sales that — like the Darrelle Revis and Nick Mangold contract scuffles — are casting a considerable black cloud over the Jets’ otherwise promising hopes.
If only the Jets could have signed the 2007 Tomlinson.
Read the entire article here.
I want to believe that Tomlinson does indeed have something left. In his prime, he was one of the NFL’s biggest stars, and if he has anything left he will help contribute to what should be a special season for the Jets.
