Depression--when does it go away?

[stevew]

I have this stud DE who I managed to sign in Late Free agency 2 years ago to a relatively cheap contract, due to him suffering "severe depression"

Depressed or not, he managed to record 18.5 sacks last year for me. My problem, though, is that I wrote his contract for 2 cheap years, then 4 HUGE years(roughly 1/4 of the cap amount) to avoid paying him an ungodly bonus.

My problem now is, that he wont "get better" from this depression. And therefore I cant just cut him. I'm wondering what I can do.

I wish I could give him a handgun or something.

[yabanci]

a depressed DE who records 18.5 sacks sounds like the kind of player I'd like to have. My DEs are gay and can't get more than 12.

[stevew]

Luckily he got some sort of "shin splints" and viola! his depression went away. I also managed to deal him off too. I was really afraid I'd have to restart or something, due to his having the huge contract, being injured, and not being able to be cut.

[Swaggs]

I thought this was going to be a serious thread. :)

[fantastic flying froggies]

It IS a serious thread !

[cthomer5000]

Originally posted by Swaggs
I thought this was going to be a serious thread. :)

especially since it was posted at like 3.30 in the morning. I was on last night and thought "man, I don't know if this is the right place to ask this quesion!"

[WussGawd]

OK, for a serious stab at the question, the answer is variable. I strongly suspect Jim G. has a percentage check on depression that it checks against each week. I've seen people listed with "depression" for three weeks, I just had one WR on the Cardinals in my 5 Great QBs dynasty who was listed as having depression for what amounted to most of a season and a half.

Now for an obscure, historical stab: The Depression ended partly out of the initiatives launched by FDR in the New Deal legislation, and the lingering effects ended abruptly when the US entered World War II. :)

[Eaglesfan27]

My interest was really piqued until I read the thread ;)