Richard Sherman weighs in on DeSean Jackson and the Eagles:
Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman is going to tell you what he thinks, and he’s going to make a valid argument to defend it. He has come to the defense of wide receiver DeSean Jackson, a childhood friend, and questioned the decisions of the Philadelphia Eagles.
In his column Wednesday for mmqb.si.com, Sherman wrote that he doesn’t understand the Eagles' logic of keeping wide receiver Riley Cooper, but releasing Jackson, who signed a deal to join the Washington Redskins on Wednesday.
When Jackson was released last week, some reports stated the Eagles were concerned about possible gang ties for Jackson, who emphatically denied those accusations.
"I believe him to be a good person, and if you think, say or write otherwise without knowing the man, you're in the wrong," Seattle's Richard Sherman wrote of DeSean Jackson in a recent column.
"This offseason [the Eagles] re-signed a player [Cooper] who was caught on video screaming, 'I will fight every n—– here.'" Sherman wrote. "He was representing the Philadelphia Eagles when he said it, because, of course, everything we do is reflective of the organization.
"But what did they do to Riley Cooper, who, if he’s not a racist, at least has "ties" to racist activity? They fined him and sent him to counseling. No suspension necessary for Cooper and no punishment from the NFL, despite its new interest in policing our use of the N-word on the field. Riley instead got a few days off from training camp and a nice contract in the offseason, too."
@tsarstepan,
laughing..
edit to say I saw a headline somewhere about the FBI looking into the gang "connection". Geez Louise.
@Region Philbis,
It's a brutal video of an animal, not a member of a peer group. And the commish had that video when they slapped Rice on the wrist.
Good riddance!
