Yesterday I admitted that I liked Leonard Weaver, even after his silly comment endorsing comments by Vikings’ superstar Adrian Peterson equating the labor impasse for NFL players to slavery.
It was a dumb thing to say.
Today I like the Eagles fullback even more.
That’s because yesterday he did something not a lot of people do. He admitted he was wrong.
Weaver, who was being harpooned by lots of media outlets, as well as being filleted on social media, admitted it was “a bad choice of words.”
Good for him. The Eagles fullback signed a three-year, $11 million extension, then promptly blew up his knee on his first regular season carry last year. He’s now rehabbing to get back on the field. It’s an uphill struggle. Weaver’s injury was particularly gruesome. The lockout is now helping guys like him.
I hope Weaver makes it back onto the field. And I hope that NFL owners and players can sit down and hammer out an agreement. It would be a shame for Weaver to work this hard to get back on the field only to see his chance stolen by a labor impasse.
Leonard Weaver is a good guy. He was a good guy before his “slavery”
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He’s an even better guy now.
It was a dumb thing to say.
Today I like the Eagles fullback even more.
That’s because yesterday he did something not a lot of people do. He admitted he was wrong.
Weaver, who was being harpooned by lots of media outlets, as well as being filleted on social media, admitted it was “a bad choice of words.”
Good for him. The Eagles fullback signed a three-year, $11 million extension, then promptly blew up his knee on his first regular season carry last year. He’s now rehabbing to get back on the field. It’s an uphill struggle. Weaver’s injury was particularly gruesome. The lockout is now helping guys like him.
I hope Weaver makes it back onto the field. And I hope that NFL owners and players can sit down and hammer out an agreement. It would be a shame for Weaver to work this hard to get back on the field only to see his chance stolen by a labor impasse.
Leonard Weaver is a good guy. He was a good guy before his “slavery”
comment.
He’s an even better guy now.
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