Probably just expects too much money. His rookie contract was crazy overpriced, he squeezed out every penny possible based on combine numbers and a short stint with the Colts. Now people will be offering him significantly less than what he made previously. Most players don't go into FA thinking that will happen, and with the limited choices available for NI receivers, he probably thought he'd get comparable numbers to what Hamilton paid him the first time around.
He's going to have to get past his disappointment before a deal gets done.
There seems to be two camps with him; one that still buys into all the hype from his combine numbers and another that thinks he's a bust. He's somewhere in the middle of all that, and given what we have right now I'd be pleased if the Bombers signed him. Kohlert, Feoli-G, Goodrich and that kid from the Watson trade - unless we've already decided to take a receiver with that 2nd overall pick, I think we need another good NI receiver on the roster to meet our ratio needs. I hope Goodrich and whatshisface are amazing, but right now they have a combined 0 catches for 0 yards in the CFL. If Kohlert gets injured, we are in trouble.
it's only touch football but I played against Kurt Goodrich, the guy is a big time athlete with killer speed and crazy good hands.Funny story, our team was playing against his team and he was playing on defense. He was matched up against me, a guy who's 1/10th the football player he is. I kept trying to run my 5 yard outs/ins and the guy would continuously hold, jam and block me which you aren't supposed to do in touch football. I eventually got fed up and when I was running my route, I made my cut and gave him a shot to the gut. Let's just say if it was in the parking lot I would've gotten my ass kicked as he's got about 20 lbs of muscle on me....and I frequent the gym.