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He literally wasn't playing because of the condition of his spine/neck. Nothing to do with the internet. He also wanted a surgery done that BUF wasn't willing to allow him to do. This is not rumour, but fact.
I didn't say he didn't have a condition or want to get a surgery, I said it didn't really lower his value outside of internet circles
What it did, if anything, is turn teams away from wanting him. The teams that still wanted him, wanted him because they believed he'd still be a top center when he came back, so they were trading for a top center. So the value they gave up was for a top center.