Sean Richardson

[Bossman641]

Just read that Richardson suffered a second herniated disc and his career might be over.

Tough break for the guy. Hopefully he makes a smart choice and retires.

[bobblehead]

Just read that Richardson suffered a second herniated disc and his career might be over.

Tough break for the guy. Hopefully he makes a smart choice and retires.

Yea, I had high hopes for him at one point, but at this point he has to think long term. He had one decent contract, hope he took care of the money.

[red]

career DAGGER!

i'm surprised he was able to play so long after the first injury

[Patler]

He had one decent contract, hope he took care of the money.

Per one source:

$2,550,000 one year contract.

$1,000,000 salary fully guaranteed.
$ 200,000 roster bonus
$1,350,000 prorated bonuses

Hard to say how much of the prorated bonus he has received or will receive. He already missed one game this year, so if it is based only on games played, he will receive very little of it (3/17ths).

[pbmax]

Damn. What is it with Packer's Neck?

It has to be terribly discouraging. I feel bad for the guy.

Now we need to go look up the thread that has the correct vertebrae numbers for previous Packer injuries.

[pbmax]

Forgot this is not his first. The advice of most surgeons, not just the very careful Packer's approach, is that two fusions are too great a risk with limited flexibility to continue to play football.

The injury could spell the end of Richardson's career because it is a similar injury to the one he suffered in 2012 and required fusion surgery of the C-5 and C-6 vertebrae.

According to neurosurgeons who have performed fusion surgery, a second herniation typically occurs directly below or above where the fusion took place. Richardson's latest herniation took place below the fusion, the source said.

Richardson was added to the injury report Thursday with a neck injury and was listed as a limited participant. He practiced in full on Wednesday, but was experiencing neck pain the following day and an MRI was ordered.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/331699341.html

[smuggler]

Yeah, he's done. Even if he can treat it w/o surgery he needs to call it quits. I liked him. C'est la vie. Enjoy the rest of it.

[Pugger]

Oh no. The only good thing about this is he can still walk.

[Joemailman]

Per one source:

$2,550,000 one year contract.

$1,000,000 salary fully guaranteed.
$ 200,000 roster bonus
$1,350,000 prorated bonuses

Hard to say how much of the prorated bonus he has received or will receive. He already missed one game this year, so if it is based only on games played, he will receive very little of it (3/17ths).

According to Spotrac, it was a signing bonus, so he will recive all of the contract. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay...an-richardson/

[smuggler]

Contracts are usually guaranteed for injury anyway. They aren't guaranteed for skill degradation, but that's not the case here. He might also have a separate insurance policy as Finley did.

[MadScientist]

Contracts are usually guaranteed for injury anyway. They aren't guaranteed for skill degradation, but that's not the case here. He might also have a separate insurance policy as Finley did.

Some contracts have a lower base salary for being on IR. Usually for camp fodder types, and occasionally for high injury risk players. So he gets to walk away with 1.5M for this year (minus taxes and various fees). If he was smart with his money (and as a UDFA, he should not have expected the NFL money would last all that long), he should enough to live on for several years. I'm guessing no insurance company would write that policy.

[smuggler]

Yeah that would be quite a policy to explain away.

[bobblehead]

Per one source:

$2,550,000 one year contract.

$1,000,000 salary fully guaranteed.
$ 200,000 roster bonus
$1,350,000 prorated bonuses

Hard to say how much of the prorated bonus he has received or will receive. He already missed one game this year, so if it is based only on games played, he will receive very little of it (3/17ths).

TT tends to take care of his "good guys". Wouldn't be surprised if he is IRd and collects most of the money. He had 3? years already of NFL minimum, so if he was smart (big if) he should be in good shape.

[Fritz]

TT tends to take care of his "good guys". Wouldn't be surprised if he is IRd and collects most of the money. He had 3? years already of NFL minimum, so if he was smart (big if) he should be in good shape.

If he never sees a dime of bonus money, he still received a million dollars guaranteed, correct?

He should be able to squeak by until he can get into a new career.

I liked the guy, and wish him well, but how big a dent is this for the special teams and for Dom's run package?

[pbmax]

If he never sees a dime of bonus money, he still received a million dollars guaranteed, correct?

He should be able to squeak by until he can get into a new career.

I liked the guy, and wish him well, but how big a dent is this for the special teams and for Dom's run package?

He hasn't been as noticeable on ST with Dueling Banjo, The Ripper and Janis wreaking havoc. The good kind of havoc, not the penalty filled, self loathing havoc of the Slocum years.

They are down a big safety, which makes Burnett's return important. Joe Thomas can motor and cover people, so maybe Palmer sees more time with Thomas moving. But there aren't many more bodies at safety. Its good that Banjo is playing well in the backend.