encouraged him to remained focused on football.

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Thomas, who the Carolina Panthers claimed off waivers Monday, was too talented to be buried on the team's depth chart, Moss said, and it was clear that the third-year player was not in a good situation with Coach Mike Shanahan.
As the veteran leader of the team's wideouts, [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] said he often counseled Thomas and Malcolm Kelly, also a member of the 2008 draft class. Thomas also is a model and actor, and [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] encouraged him to remained focused on football.

Santana Moss: Devin Thomas can use fresh start
"With a guy like that, that's so talented, you know if he's not playing receiver, it's something that he's done or something that's not right. Everything happens for a reason. This situation might better Devin. He gets a chance to go somewhere else, start off fresh and be that guy, because he can be that guy... But he had got himself into a situation that he was in. It wasn't a place for him to be able to climb out of."
"Me and Devin and Malcolm, all those guys, we talk a lot," [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] said. "You only can talk. That's all you can do. You're grown men. You can't tell them how to do it or show them how to do it. All you can is let them know some of the things to do.
"I'm surprised. I was surprised a little bit," [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] said in a conference call with reporters. "But, then again, you never know, man. I just feel like where Devin stood on this team...he wasn't really playing receiver, and then he was playing a lot of special teams.
[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Redskins top wide receiver, said he was surprised that wideout Devin Thomas, the team's first pick in the 2008 draft, was released, but [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] figured Thomas's situation had deteriorated for some time.

"I feel like he listened to me and he heard me out...At the end of the day,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he's going to make his own decisions. You feel me?"