Initially, like 52, I believed that Rice's final year performance was more due to system issues than his decline, however now I am not so sure. We've seen with Greg Hardy that there are teams out there that will sign players with far worst transgressions if they believe those players can help them win. Videotape or not, I think there have been enough injuries and underperforming RB's that Rice would have received at least a tryout if teams thought he had anything left. At one point the Browns and possibly the Bills admitted to having internal discussions about bringing on Rice. I'm thinking they went back, looked at Rice's last year on tape, and figured he was truly done.