Wtf Browns. You don't even need a RB between Chubb and Duke and you sign this shithead?
Dorsey drafted him in KC. Makes sense. Look we knew he was getting a 2nd chance. Too young and talented to not be in the league. Let's hope he has learned and can be a good positive person.
That said signing someone like him or Wash picking up Foster before the blood was dry once again brings up all the questions and topics that get the NFL in trouble.
- Why are these guys not a negative distraction that teams are rushing to pick up but Kaep can't even get a workout? I heard this a lot over sports radio yesterday, esp in the NYC market. That John Mara said he had such an angry response from Giants fans who wrote to him that they would never watch or support the Giants if they picked up Kaep. That to avoid that distraction and potential PR hit, they didn't consider Kaep. Yet they kept the drunk wife beating kicker.
- Why are fans not mass protesting, writing to the owners, and threatening to stop watching and buying tickets when players like him get picked up?
- To me, this is a society problem which we love to kick the NFL for. Should the NFL ban these guys for life when no charges are filed? No jail time?
- The same fans who "claim" they will never watch the NFL if Kaep is signed don't bat an eye when a Kareem Hunt or Rueben Foster are picked up.
All these owners, whenever they invoke "distractions" are just really using it as an excuse. They sign anyone and everyone so long as the player doesn't get political, cause that seems to be the only line fans, owners, and the President seems to not want to cross.
And even there, I use the Mike Vick example. The Eagles signed him straight out of jail when he hadn't played for 2 years. They signed him to be the #3 QB behind McNabb and savior Kevin Kolb. They took enormous heat from fans, animal groups, and just about everyone. They did it anyway. 1-2 years later when his image was rehabbed and he was winning games for them, no one gave a shit. It all blows over and cools down.
For the life of me, I can't understand how none of these owners and teams can get it and say "hey guys this is a really bad look and all we need is 1 team to give Kaep a roster spot to at least compete in the pre-season". Just 1 team and then it all blows over and goes away. Fucking morons.