The Departure of Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas has left a little bit of a ripple in the organization. Last week after being traded to Houston for a 4th round pick, Thomas actually played his first game against the Broncos. After the game, local reporters around here who have had a 9 year relationship with Thomas interviewed him and this is what he had to say about his former team and teammates.
"That's what they do over there," Thomas told NFL.com's Mike Silver. "I ain't a part of that no more. We like to win over here."
Several days later, Thomas sought to clarify those remarks in a radio interview with AM 760 in Denver.
"But there's one thing I do want to clear up," Thomas said, via The Athletic's Nicky Jhabvala. "Because there's something out that's saying -- I said something but it wasn't the way it was. It was like, 'That's what they do over there. They lose, and we win over here.'
"It's not that. It's not that I was taking shots at the players or anybody. I wasn't taking shots at nobody. But if you want to be better, you got to listen to your players. They've been playing this game for a long time and when you don't change stuff up on the field -- there were games where I want to change stuff up on the field because I saw it and I knew it would help us. I used to do it with Peyton [Manning]. It helped the offense. I just try to make us better. But when you don't want to listen to the players, that's what's going to happen. It's the truth though. It's a great organization. Man, on a sheet of paper, that team right there, they got a special squad. Ain't no way they should be losing that many games."
As a Broncos fan I hate to see it get anywhere even close to this but, the NFL is a business and Thomas of all people should understand it’s always about money and winning. Sometimes a player just doesn’t fit into the mix anymore but, going as far as to say things like this is the wrong move for a player who will always be adored in the Broncos Organization and fans all over the world. Hopefully this is the end of it.
