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I read that he's never wanted to play for anyone else but Zimmer. It's conceivable the guy received calls to play for another team but turned them down.Eli wrote: Those aren't the greatest credentials, you'll have to admit. A guy who typically spends August sitting on the couch and then gets called up later in the season. Eventually, the guy has nothing left to give.
dead_poet wrote: I read that he's never wanted to play for anyone else but Zimmer. It's conceivable the guy received calls to play for another team but turned them down.
A day after he reached out and essentially pulled 34-year-old safety Chris Crocker out of retirement for a third consecutive season, Zimmer said the move had “kind of been planned all along, to be honest with you.”
“He’s been with me for [the past seven years],” Zimmer said. “He’s a good kid. He’s smart. Extremely smart. There’s a pretty good relationship there. His wife is pregnant, so he needs to name his kid Mike.”