OBJ - IV

Poor guy just doesnt like water. Also, f*ck you Shurmur.

OBJ IV was pretty good, but it was mostly a rehash of the plot from OBJ II. OBJ V was just a mess. The reboot (Working title: "CLEVE") looks promising.

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In comment 14341903 Big Blue Blogger said:

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OBJ IV was pretty good, but it was mostly a rehash of the plot from OBJ II. OBJ V was just a mess. The reboot (Working title: "CLEVE") looks promising.

Now that was funny!!!

is a great glimpse into the personality of OBJ. We emerge from the womb with a couple of biological imperatives. Breathe, drink water, eat, sleep, urinate and defecate. When a professional athlete needs Gatorade, cool-aid or some artificial flavor to help them hydrate, it tells me they are immature. Our bodies are made up of water and we need to replenish it daily. For professional athletes, it should be second nature. Having to treat Odell like a child and constantly remind him to drink water, especially when he has shown the propensity for dehydration, is inexcusable and completely unprofessional. Do they have to follow him around and remind him to go make pee pees too? Ridiculous.

He really didn't like drinking water? He needed to be reminded that when in an athletic competition one needs to hydrate? He would rather get an IV than drink water?

I'm not trying to make a big deal out of this, but it just seems really weird to me. I've never heard of such a thing.

an IV. ? Not our problem anymore. Defending him twice a year is.

In comment 14341954 wonderback said:

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He really didn't like drinking water? He needed to be reminded that when in an athletic competition one needs to hydrate? He would rather get an IV than drink water? I'm not trying to make a big deal out of this, but it just seems really weird to me. I've never heard of such a thing.

I haven't had the time to watch many games the past few years but one of the few I did get to sit down and watch this season, the broadcasters were talking about this. I remember thinking to myself, "How the hell does a professional athlete not like to drink water?"

They even gave an explanation that he doesn't like the feeling of the water in his stomach when he's running. This then made me wonder, "who the hell is loading up on so much water before running that it's sloshing around in their stomach?" My immediate response was that this had to be some misunderstood rumor. As time went on, more and more people were reporting on it.

I still have a hard time believing this is true. It sounds to me like he never learned how to stay hydrated. I didn't think that was possible.

Look, this is what we know

OBJ is an incredible athlete which translated on the field. Truly a generational talent

There is “stuff” that manangemt tolerated and reached a point they couldn’t and even was willing to eat massive dead cap space

The IV issue—which was limited to last year. Did OBJ suddenly develop this need for and aversion to water? Lol either it’s favricated as a tactic to be traded OR his partying reached a point that it occurred before games and he needed the IV. Anyone who has had a rough night know drinking water or Gatorade pales in comparison to getting an IV

Think about it...::this isn’t difficult to see what transpired here.

In comment 14341984 NJBlueTuna said:

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Look, this is what we know OBJ is an incredible athlete which translated on the field. Truly a generational talent There is “stuff” that manangemt tolerated and reached a point they couldn’t and even was willing to eat massive dead cap space The IV issue—which was limited to last year. Did OBJ suddenly develop this need for and aversion to water? Lol either it’s favricated as a tactic to be traded OR his partying reached a point that it occurred before games and he needed the IV. Anyone who has had a rough night know drinking water or Gatorade pales in comparison to getting an IV Think about it...::this isn’t difficult to see what transpired here.

Didn't want to say it and have the OBJ police reign down on me. Glad someone else did. Once again, the guy was a generational talent but...

As is so often the case, people who have extraordinary talent always seem to have a couple of screws loose. If you're working in a lighthouse maybe we don't have to care, but on a football team where you need to mesh with 52 other guys it can be problematic.

It’s like you go out drinking with you brahs on a Thursday night, you be dancing and partying all night and then finally stumble out the door of the dim lit after hours club and BAM the sun is shining and people are rushing to get to work and you’re like, “oh wow, it’s 8 am and I gotta get to work”.

While OBJ was a Giant we all had to deny the painfully obvious fact that he is an all world head case. Now that he’s gone we’re all like, “wow, that dude didn’t like to drink water? That’s kind of weird for a grown ass man who’s also a professional athlete. Da faq did the idea to propose to the kicking net even come from? Lil who?”

The truth is that OBJ has always been pretty childish. Talented? No doubt. But he’s just as clearly unpredictable and immature with a low EQ. Ironically, being traded to the Browns may be a bit of a wake up call for him.

I think it’s funny that the older amongst us know this is an organization that tolerates and even embraces to support and nature flawed ahtiletes. LT, Shockey even Plax until the legal process stepped in. OBJ, despite talent unseen since LT, forced this.

People need to wake up and see it. I loved watching him on the field. On the field, he was all business and a team player. Management got forced, yes forced, to let him go.

This is a painful blessing.

You can Party hard fri night and be ready for a Sunday game. If you Party hard sat night, you are going to need IV for Sunday. Those who have been through this know eaxactoy what I am saying.

In comment 14341904 Anakim said:

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beat me to it, lol

Will he be different living and playing in a city that isn't a media circus? In what ways will he remain a troubled/genius artist/star? Will he be happier with Landry and Mayfield as teammates, and thus become less of a distraction? If he becomes more subdued, will we call the trade a total bust, or see the situation as "He's fine in Cleveland, but in New York things only would have gotten worse here" ?

In comment 14341957 TMS said:

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an IV. ? Not our problem anymore. Defending him twice a year is.

Did I miss a division change somewhere?

CT Charlie,

If I had to guess, Cleveland was the only willing trade partner as they are banking on a more vocal and younger QB to connect with OBJ and a close friend in Landry to keep him in line. Otherwise where this goes south is he starts traveling to NYC or LA etc to party on fri and sat nights. Will be a huge adjustment for OBJ. If he adapts and matures, we will see historic performance from him (and enrage the BBi crowd). Or, he will flame out. It will binary and no in between.

IV.

Was Amani Toomer when he left his spleen out on the field in that hot game against Tampa with his teammates carrying him off the field.

In comment 14342073 CT Charlie said:

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Will he be different living and playing in a city that isn't a media circus? In what ways will he remain a troubled/genius artist/star? Will he be happier with Landry and Mayfield as teammates, and thus become less of a distraction? If he becomes more subdued, will we call the trade a total bust, or see the situation as "He's fine in Cleveland, but in New York things only would have gotten worse here" ?

He might hope for a career like TO I guess. I think TO had more talent, and more durable talent and a whole lot more heart than OBJ. Also think TO was a big game player and I argue that OBJs next big time performance in a big game will be his first. But for all his HOF talent, and TO was one of the best I’ve seen in 40 years, he was haunted by some kind of head problems his whole career (and still seems to be? And OBJ seems like a similar beadcase too. No denying his talent, but it’s like he wants to annoying or something. I tried to get the TOBJ moniker going around here but it never really caught. Anyway...