The information campaign affects the hive mindset that persists amongst NFL war rooms, make no doubt about it. Or else every year we wouldn’t be seeing PR campaigns pop up out of nowhere regarding players.
This can be a problem when it’s new information coming out. What I’m saying is his medical evaluation is information teams would have had for weeks. His stock didn’t suddenly plummet because the media and fans found out something teams already knew, it had already been adjusted when they understood the condition of his knee.