Roddy White is not a happy camper even though the Falcons are 4-0.
Julio Jones is getting all the love and from all the hours I’ve watched Red Zone Channel I don’t think I’ve seen White mentioned once.
Here is what he had to say about his role to ESPN.
For me, at the end of the day, I want to catch passes. I’m not out here just f—ing around just to sit around to just block f—ing people all day. It’s not what I want to do. I’ve contributed to offenses for this franchise for the last nine, 10 years. It always bothers me when I go out and don’t catch any balls in a game because it hasn’t happened in so long.
White was asked how he would approach Shanahan to express his feelings.
“I don’t,” he said. “I just stay consistent. I just have to handle my business and what I can do; be the best football player I can be. He’s going to do what he has to do. He’s going to call the plays the he wants to play and how he wants to play it. Formations are made out how he wants to do it.
“I just have to stick in there and bear with it; just continue to do my job. And hopefully, Matt [Ryan] will throw me some balls.”
“I’ve watched the film. We’ve watched the film weeks and weeks and that’s not a problem, me not getting open,” White said. “I’m open, but it’s not in the progression. Matt’s not looking at it, and that’s the type of guy he is. He’s a 1-2-3 progression guy. We don’t get off script, which is good. We’ve been winning that way for a very long time, so we’ve got to be consistent.”
White has six catches on the season and because of his yapping, he might be traded before the trade deadline.
If he is traded it could be to a team where he could get more catches, but not make the playoffs.
Be careful what you wish for.