1. Team starts 1-4 (season’s over but he was balling), he has no more benefit to play… evidence: A. He has had no noticeable limp (as someone who hurts his hamstring 1-2 times per year, it’s impossible not to limp B. He was able to stand on the sidelines for 3+ hours within 1 week, tough to do (see above) C. He was jogging and jumping/ celebratory as long as a month ago (Kirk top 10 chain)

2. Team goes 5-0, now all his “you need me” leverage is gone, and then what if he comes back and we start losing? That gets louder

3. We lose 2 in a row and offense is abysmal, power is now back in his hands to be the savior.

4. The bye was always his intention the moment the season turned around, don’t come back too soon (in case you risk real injury in lost season), but now he can be savior for playoff run… if bye was last week; he plays this week (again, tinfoil)

5. Vikes lose to Raider and Bengals, he’ll be hurt again.

Andre the Giant is evidence of a big foot species, he just had partial alopecia, so he could leave the clan and join humans.