Link: NFL.com Reporting Rolando Planning a Comeback
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Great to hear. If Ro puts his mind to it he is an All-Pro type player. Go to work and good luck Ro.
Wow! I didn't know about the arrest for A & B yesterday. The man doesn't know how to walk away from anything...
I'm constantly amazed at the inability some show in picking friends and those they choose to associate with. I hope Ozzie has a Patrick Peterson type in the stable to invoke some positive peer pressure. But the way the ravens are falling, I doubt it.
If he makes the decision to play again, I support his decision and wish him well.
If he decides to take a different, law-abiding, path, I support that as well and hope only for the best for him.
With that out of the way, he has a lot to overcome in his remote and recent past and not too many people are capable of changing their character in just a year or even two. He's young and has many years yet to mature. The real world isn't going to provide him the structure he seemed to require during his college playing career; that structure and self-discipline has to come from within himself. I'm not so sure he has what it takes.
I hope I'm wrong.
If he decides to take a different, law-abiding, path, I support that as well and hope only for the best for him.
With that out of the way, he has a lot to overcome in his remote and recent past and not too many people are capable of changing their character in just a year or even two. He's young and has many years yet to mature. The real world isn't going to provide him the structure he seemed to require during his college playing career; that structure and self-discipline has to come from within himself. I'm not so sure he has what it takes.
I hope I'm wrong.
Don't know how it works in the NFL these days, but he should probably target some teams that he feels comfortable with, and speak with them about trying out, and if necessary, working on the practice squad. He's got a lot of trust to re-earn.
Reading your posts about human nature, I have often thought you were quite right. I also hope you are wrong in this case
I'm pulling for a big come back as well. I give him props to bowing out and trying to get his life in order and at his age, 24 I believe, he is still young enough to have a great career. Wish him nothing but the BEST!!
He's sworn to stay out of Decatur, which is something my relatives over there have been saying for years he must do. His homies there seem to tempt him to get into some of the "incidents." I think he's moved from his mansion in Madison - at least, he put it up for sale a year or so ago. I always thought it was too close to Decatur. There was an in depth article on him some months back. The writer spent a couple of days with him and wrote that a couple of incidents convinced him that the anger and temper was still bubbling along underneath the surface. Ozzie has already overlooked a lot, including his basically quitting on the Raiders, when things didn't go the way he wanted. Also, the Ravens have developed a bit of an image problem since Ozzie hired him the first time. I think Oz will rehire him, mostly on talent and he's a UA boy. However, I rate it as a tossup as to whether or not he sticks. It's probably his last chance...
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