Sep 28, 2014; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles running back Darren Sproles (43) scores a touchdown on a punt return against the San Francisco 49ers during the second quarter at Levi
Darren Sproles felt that he was disrespected by the New Orleans Saints and he has not talked to anyone in the organization since leaving there. Here are his thoughts:
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"“I felt disrespected there,” Sproles said Thursday, according to NJ.com’s Mark Eckel. “Listen I understand this is business and all of that, but (when they talked about trading him) they put it up on Twitter. That’s how I found out. There was a screen shot and a friend of mine texted it to me. I felt they did me wrong.“First (Saints coach) Sean (Payton) told me they were going to cut me. Then I find out on Twitter they’re trading me. That’s just not right. So I really haven’t been in contact with anyone there since I left. I really haven’t paid attention to what they’re doing. I’m more focused on what’s happening here.” – NFL.com"
I would feel disrespected with the way the team handled everything as well. You have to treat these guys like real people and not a chess piece or a fantasy football guy. When you are dealing a player out to another team, have the sack to tell them personally and don’t be a team to tweet out information before the player even knows about their deal. That is ridiculous. We all knew that Sproles was traded to the Eagles before he did.