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I'm not defending him. But I think everyone has the capacity to redeem themselves. Plus, the NFL isn't new to giving second chances to players.
In the 90s, Christian Peter, defensive tackle, was arrested eight times at Nebraska, where he was twice accused of rape — charges resulting in one out-of-court settlement and another conviction for sexual assault. Though the Patriots relinquished their draft rights to Peter, he would eventually play for three NFL teams.
Then there was Peter's Nebraska teammate, Lawrence Phillips, who pleaded to a brutal domestic abuse case before St. Louis took him with the sixth pick in 1996. Phillips would be arrested three times over the next 19 months. Later, the Dolphins would release him after he was accused of hitting a woman in a bar. Of course, that incident proved an insufficient deterrent for the 49ers who also gave him a shot.
Rams defensive end Leonard Little. In 1998, while driving drunk, he ran a red light and killed Susan Gutweiler, a 47-year-old wife and mother.
Jamal Lewis, a convicted drug trafficker, was suspended for all of two games.
Finally, there's Ray Lewis, who pleaded to obstruction of justice in a double-murder case. Today, he's more of a hero than ever.
- Okay, go kill dozens of dogs, get caught go to jail and see how many opportunities you will get once you get out.utopian
- Of course I'd go to jail and maybe not get a second chance. I'm not a skilled QB. He has something the NFL wants.Palindrome
- bingo!utopian
- But if he's served his time, shouldn't he have the right to go back to what he was doing?Palindrome
- Now whether anyone would want to hire him is another question. But I guess the Eagles did.Palindrome