https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...nch/100675274/
Would he do it again?That’s an essential question for Joe Mixon, the most polarizing player in next week’s NFL draft.
Mixon fractured the face of a woman with a single blow during a gruesome incident captured on video in a pizza parlor, shortly after arriving on the Oklahoma campus as a five-star recruit in 2014.Mixon, 20, says the right things. He’s learned his lesson, he insists, and grown since the incident. But now comes the prospect of a team drafting a player with first-round talent, whose selection – maybe in the second round, maybe lower – will be accompanied by a haunting video.Imagine the headlines.
Some teams won’t consider drafting Mixon, taking him completely off their board with a red flag for character. While a majority of team decision-makers proclaimed to have an open mind when I asked about their view of Mixon’s issues, at least three teams have indicated that they won’t touch him because of the violent incident. This image problem is part of the price Mixon is paying, and scrutiny moving forward adds layers to that.
Mixon’s agent, Peter Schaffer, provided USA TODAY Sports the statement that the father, Anthony Hernandez, gave to Mixon’s attorneys on March 30, which indicated that he was mistaken about Mixon’s involvement and overreacted in his initial post. Still, the timing is puzzling, years after the alleged high school incident.Also puzzling: What to make of the Oakland Raiders having Mixon in for a visit? Raiders owner Mark Davis has taken a strong public stance against domestic violence and contended that his team won’t take on players who have committed violence against women.
Last year, Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs drafted receiver-returner Tyreek Hill in the fifth round amid much controversy. Hill, who finished his college career at Alabama State, was kicked out of Oklahoma State after pleading guilty to a 2014 incident when he kicked and punched his pregnant girlfriend. He’s now on probation and in addition to a phenomenal rookie season, hasn’t has any off-the-field issues.“If you’ve been in trouble and you handle yourself the right way, positive things can happen for you,” Reid said recently, asked how he’d advise players with red flags. “I mean we’re in America and America is forgiving to a point, but you can’t go backwards, you’ve got to stay forward.”
Which is only part of the challenge for Mixon.
McNichols in the 3rd
I've always liked Alvin Kamara too.
"Tuning ... into each other ... lift all higher”
“I’m just different!”
“ . . . Picture a cup in the middle of the sea”
Draft
1st round— Cooper Dejean CB
2nd round— Jack Sawyer OLB
3rd round— Will Shipley RB
4th round— Ricky Pearsall WR
5th round— Ladd McKonkey WR
6th round— Cash Jones RB
7th round— Carson Steele RB
"Tuning ... into each other ... lift all higher”
“I’m just different!”
“ . . . Picture a cup in the middle of the sea”
Draft
1st round— Cooper Dejean CB
2nd round— Jack Sawyer OLB
3rd round— Will Shipley RB
4th round— Ricky Pearsall WR
5th round— Ladd McKonkey WR
6th round— Cash Jones RB
7th round— Carson Steele RB
**** Joe Mixon. Used his elite athlete strength to destroy a woman's face in a confrontation that HE started and persisted with. You know who else was an amazing running back with woman beating issues? Lawrence Phillips. How'd that work out? Guy is a thug. Elway would severely damage my respect for him with that selection. Seriously. The dude hit on her, she rebuffed him, he followed her into the restaurant to give her shit about it, called her friend a fag. I understand she initiated him physically, but he could have pushed her away and walked off.
Last edited by atwater27; 04-28-2017 at 11:29 AM.
Mixon will punch all the broncos cheerleaders
I'd take Joe Mixon, and I have to upmost respect for treating a lady like a lady.
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