D.B. of the Week - The Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears signed defensive end Ray McDonald to a lucrative free agent contract.
McDonald, a really good pass rusher, was suddenly available because the San Francisco 49ers cut him because he was being investigated over some relatively nasty sexual abuse allegations.
This was following a previous claim of domestic abuse.
The 49ers didn't want him on the team.
They didn't want anyone to look at their team as a home for wayward individuals, no matter how good they are.
When the Bears started thinking about signing McDonald there were members of the fan base who stood up against adding the man to the team and the community.
Bears management decided to take the chance.
Well.
It didn't pan out.
McDonald was arrested again over the weekend. Another terrorist like charge against a person he knows.
The Bears promptly cut him.
But, it left me no choice but to name the Chicago Bears as the D.B. of the Week.
Perhaps I should have done it back in December when they decided to give McDonald one more chance, but better late than never, right?
Because that is the real problem here.
The NFL is certainly not disciplining these guys the right way. They don't appear to be able to stay out of their own way. They also allow known men with serious character issues to play in their league and earn millions of dollars.
Throw millions of dollars on a flaming asshole and you get what you get:
Terrorist like threats on family members, guys who punch their women straight in the face, reckless drivers, sexual abuse, dog-killers, drunk-drivers, drug traffickers and guys who let the air out of a football.
(Yeah. One doesn't fit there - but the guy who let the air out of the ball - generally, allegedly, maybe - took one of the harsher league punishments).
I was livid when the league announced their penalty against Buffalo Bills player Marcel Dareus.
He's a good pass rusher as well.
He was busted with drugs.
Then he tried to park his racing car in a Chinese buffet just a mile from my house. He pulled his little parking prank at 3 p.m. on a Friday when my kids were driving around the neighborhood.
The Bills had no discipline for his actions.
The league suspended him for 1 game on the drug charge. Or 3 less games then the guy who played with a ball that was 2 PSI under the league limit.
Three less games!
Dareus is free to pillage right after that light suspension in the fall.
And what will happen if the next time he does kill someone in our neighborhood?
A 4-game suspension?
The Bills cut him...
...and the Bears pick him up?
Yeah.
The guys committing these offenses are idiots, morons, criminals and the like...
...but the management dudes who decide to throw caution to the wind because the scumbag might bring a return on the investment...
...are the real D.B.'s.
McDonald, a really good pass rusher, was suddenly available because the San Francisco 49ers cut him because he was being investigated over some relatively nasty sexual abuse allegations.
This was following a previous claim of domestic abuse.
The 49ers didn't want him on the team.
They didn't want anyone to look at their team as a home for wayward individuals, no matter how good they are.
When the Bears started thinking about signing McDonald there were members of the fan base who stood up against adding the man to the team and the community.
Bears management decided to take the chance.
Well.
It didn't pan out.
McDonald was arrested again over the weekend. Another terrorist like charge against a person he knows.
The Bears promptly cut him.
But, it left me no choice but to name the Chicago Bears as the D.B. of the Week.
Perhaps I should have done it back in December when they decided to give McDonald one more chance, but better late than never, right?
Because that is the real problem here.
The NFL is certainly not disciplining these guys the right way. They don't appear to be able to stay out of their own way. They also allow known men with serious character issues to play in their league and earn millions of dollars.
Throw millions of dollars on a flaming asshole and you get what you get:
Terrorist like threats on family members, guys who punch their women straight in the face, reckless drivers, sexual abuse, dog-killers, drunk-drivers, drug traffickers and guys who let the air out of a football.
(Yeah. One doesn't fit there - but the guy who let the air out of the ball - generally, allegedly, maybe - took one of the harsher league punishments).
I was livid when the league announced their penalty against Buffalo Bills player Marcel Dareus.
He's a good pass rusher as well.
He was busted with drugs.
Then he tried to park his racing car in a Chinese buffet just a mile from my house. He pulled his little parking prank at 3 p.m. on a Friday when my kids were driving around the neighborhood.
The Bills had no discipline for his actions.
The league suspended him for 1 game on the drug charge. Or 3 less games then the guy who played with a ball that was 2 PSI under the league limit.
Three less games!
Dareus is free to pillage right after that light suspension in the fall.
And what will happen if the next time he does kill someone in our neighborhood?
A 4-game suspension?
The Bills cut him...
...and the Bears pick him up?
Yeah.
The guys committing these offenses are idiots, morons, criminals and the like...
...but the management dudes who decide to throw caution to the wind because the scumbag might bring a return on the investment...
...are the real D.B.'s.
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