Jarryd Hayne buggers off from NFL

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Will Hayne even last 3 years now? Seriously playing 2min each week. FFS what kind of 'sport' is this?

It's by far the biggest sport in the US. Plenty of people think it is quite a good sport, even if it is not what you are used to. Yeh, it encourages specialist roles, but it is genuinely rare for someone to be a pure special teams player. If JH continues to improve, he'll be used more often in general play.....but that may take quite a bit of time.

 

[eels81236]

Is Col'n their version of our Morts?

 

[Gronk]

Will Hayne even last 3 years now? Seriously playing 2min each week. FFS what kind of 'sport' is this?

Agree. Must be frustrating for him. Thing that makes it worse is that he plays for a team who struggle to contain the opposition, allowing them to control the ball. Opportunities for kick return are rare because the packers almost always got to 4th down a scoring position.

Man it was frustrating to watch. Kap got sacked like 4 times. Intercepted once or twice and can't find his receivers. I know zip about the game but can see he has zero confidence and is out of his depth. He's the 49ers version of Sandow.

It's by far the biggest sport in the US. Plenty of people think it is quite a good sport, even if it is not what you are used to. Yeh, it encourages specialist roles, but it is genuinely rare for someone to be a pure special teams player. If JH continues to improve, he'll be used more often in general play.....but that may take quite a bit of time.

He looks like a deer in headlights of late. Must be hard when you only have 2 or 3 touches per match and you get no protection from your team.

 

[Gronk]

— Australian rookie Jarryd Hayne was limited to punt-return duty, and although he had a pair of 6-yard returns and a fair catch, he also muffed a second-quarter punt. That near-disaster occurred after he raced up 15 yards to field the punt, signaled for a fair catch and collided with teammates L.J. McCray and Jaquiski Tarrt before Dontae Johnson recovered for the 49ers at their 28-yard line.

“I was going to poison it and let it go, but I thought it might hit one of our guys,” Hayne said. “I kind of went for it, threw my body in there and was hoping to catch it. One of their gunners knocked our boys into me and got me off balance. I shouldn’t have done it.”

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers/...hayne-rethinks-return-wilhoite-mulls-penalty/

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

He looks like a deer in headlights of late. Must be hard when you only have 2 or 3 touches per match and you get no protection from your team.

At the time he decided to give the NFL a go, he was odds-on to be playing no first-team football at this point. He's done very well to get where he has so quickly. He won't be the first punt returner to get pretty ordinary protection from his mates, and to be rarely receiving punts after the opposition were backed up on their line. Notwithstanding the crazy attention from the Aust. media, he is a small bit player in one of the 3 or 4 weakest teams in the NFL. But at least being on the 49ers team gives him a much greater chance of getting playing time outside the special teams (particularly later in the season).

 

[Gronk]

At the time he decided to give the NFL a go, he was odds-on to be playing no first-team football at this point. He's done very well to get where he has so quickly. He won't be the first punt returner to get pretty ordinary protection from his mates, and to be rarely receiving punts after the opposition were backed up on their line. Notwithstanding the crazy attention from the Aust. media, he is a small bit player in one of the 3 or 4 weakest teams in the NFL. But at least being on the 49ers team gives him a much greater chance of getting playing time outside the special teams (particularly later in the season).

Agree. Was think that this morning when they said that Detroit (the other team he was a chance of going to) was 0-3. At least he can get game time with a nuffy team.

 

[strider]

you think this game was frustrating - last week was far worse

i don't think jarryd is gonna get jack of it and come home any time soon - this was his dream

 

[Gronk]

jarrydhayne382 brothers over with me with me witnessing me journey, nothing but love to you and every 1 from oz supporting me.

 

[Avenger]

The NFL looks like a sport with plenty of ego involved. Not much aerobic fitness required. Very technical and explosive. Did I mention ego? Hayne has buckets of it. Plenty of ability too. This sport suits him to a T.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

The bloke on the right looks exactly like Jarryd.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

The NFL looks like a sport with plenty of ego involved. Not much aerobic fitness required. Very technical and explosive. .

For most positions this is correct. But most running backs, receivers and defensive backs have to be pretty fit aerobically. Receivers and DBs can find themselves covering a lot of distance in a game (not just on plays where they get the ball).

 

[Gronk]

The NFL looks like a sport with plenty of ego involved. Not much aerobic fitness required. Very technical and explosive. Did I mention ego? Hayne has buckets of it. Plenty of ability too. This sport suits him to a T.

Egos x 1,000,000. Fat merkin makes a tackle and does a dance like he just cured cancer. Just do your job and SHTFU.

 

[TheRam]

What a waste. The most talented RL player I have ever seen and he goes off to do this.

What a waste. I know that it is his life and dream and all, but f**k what a freakin waste.

Even going off to play Yawnion would have been better then this.

12 yards and splinters on his arse...oh what a waste.

 

[Avenger]

What a waste. The most talented RL player I have ever seen and he goes off to do this.

What a waste. I know that it is his life and dream and all, but f**k what a freakin waste.

Even going off to play Yawnion would have been better then this.

12 yards and splinters on his arse...oh what a waste.

According to him League wasn't challenging him anymore. The last time I checked he hadn't won anything but a SOO series. Won two Dally M's so I suppose that's enough for him. Not like League is a team sport. :sarcasm:

 

[Mr Angry]

- 62

Worst offence and worst F/A after 4 games.

At least the D stood up.

 

[TheRam]

After watching last nights Grand Final, my thoughts were Hayne could of done something just as special if he had stayed at Parra and probably ended up an immortal too.

But now, he will never again be part of a team that experiences anything remotely close to something that special.

Sure by default the crowds are huge and awesome in the NFL, but being part of big occasion games and playing with the best players is now a thing of the past for him I'm afraid.

He will linger for a year or two longer and maybe even get traded here or there, but huge milestone games and regular massive plays and wins will be all but a memory for him.

To bad, so sad.

What a waste.

 

[hindy111]

I would think the same.... I mean the alternatives for the other guys is nothing.They play NFL thats it.If they dont cut it they get jobs.

Hayne can come back to his home _ family and sport he grew up and dominated. I am agreeing now that its a total waste. In 16 games he is going to get a few chances to actually run. A few times he has run and should of called fair catch-Perhaps he is also getting frustrated.
I just can not imagine training so hard all year just for a few plays. Does not make sense to me. He will never make it as a RB.He will be isolated as punt/kick returns and if lucky a few odd plays at RB.
The novelty will wear off soon IMO.

 

[Ashley Schaeffer]

No American footballer aspires to be a special teams player. It's basically where the guys who are not able to play a skill position at the elite level go , or where the elite level players drop back to contribute if they are really good at one particular skill (ie. Punt returns). Nobody dreams of being a special teams specialist.

More-so no team in there right mind would waste a roster spot on a guy who is there purely to contribute as a punt returner. It's too easy for the opposition to make that position redundant. (enter Niners and their rookie coach who is soooooo far out of his depth)

I think this is more about a personal journey. About pushing away from your comfort zone, and frankly living in the States for a year or 2 as a member of the 49ers would be cool as heck. He would be doing elite level training and flying around the States all while getting paid to play on a stage NRL players could only ever imagine. Frankly its something he'll never get the chance to do at any other stage of his life, but I also expect him back in the NRL sooner rather than later and it's something the game should be making contingency plans for now as all hell will break lose if he wants to repay Parra for this year and winds up at the Roosters.

 

[Snoochies]

Hayne was mic'd up for the game. He sounds like he's picking up the American lingo pretty quick.

http://www.49ers.com/video/videos/M...-Packers/048eb12a-fc98-4ef8-8938-3f411c919b66

Been treated like a veteran punt returner.
http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2...ner-Role/925483a7-b1a8-4a45-b54c-4c731cb6af7d

 

[Gronk]

Cha-ching !

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