I know this because if he really wanted to help Finnegan, his letters and emails would offer real, usable advice like this:

Dear Cortland,

When a guy rips your helmet off and is twice your size – RUN, just RUN, keep RUNNING!!

No-one wants to see a corner get beat down like that, and beat downs aren’t good for your health or career – RUN!

In closing, I would like for you to know that the best way to handle situations like this in the future is to RUN!

Your faithful servant,

Terry Watson

As for Finnegan? Don’t muck around with the red-headed Irish kids. They’ll not go down easy, or stay down for long. If it’s a fight Andre wants, he’s come to the right place.

How ’bout you, Florio? You got the pieces – parts to interview him? The invitation couldn’t be more plain. Bet you can’t, you won’t, and you don’t.

The concensus in America doesn’t mean much except you fooled more of the fools. Look who we elect to lead the country.

“The funny thing is finnegan won. ”

Well, if you’re not counting the fight. Or the game.

Do you really think we are THAT stupid? You’re telling me that Cortland does charity work out of the kindness of his heart? The same heart that behaved like he did on the field?

Let’s see…a player making hundreds of thousands of dollars can either pay the ~40% tax on those earnings…or…he can donate his money/time to lower his tax burden…hmmm…lets see…BINGO! Sorry…we aren’t as dumb as you hoped.

Also, a good deed in life is not currency to be spent on deviant behavior. Just like Bob Knight graduating a bunch of his players is not an acceptable excuse to be a boorish ass, Cortland and his “charity work” are not ‘cover’ or a reason to look past the fact that he is an emotionally troubled thug that without football would be in jail.

Go back to your sales pitches on naive, desperate college players with a pro dream and ruin their school’s athletic program because of your greed. We don’t like you here…or anywhere. You are the enemy of all sports consumers.

CommonSpence

Spellcheck must be on the blink again.

Thanks for passing along that story.. here is the link

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/13569306/boulevard-bolt?redirected=true

CF might be misunderstood.. but there are numerous actions beyond this one on the field.. in front of the cameras that paint an entirely different view of CF.

So if his agent or CF himself cares about that perception, then he might let some of that person shine through to his play on the field.

One could make the same argument that what he did for that girl was outside the norm instead of the norm.

Unfortunately sites around the NFL didn’t pick up on that story to paint a more complete picture.. so we the fans only get to see what is in front of us.. and that picture of CF isn’t flattering.

So…we have conflicting views. The ‘bad’ Finnegan wants to be the dirtiest player in the league. The ‘good Finnegan pushes a girl five miles in a wheelchair to keep her string alive…and does it before a full practice.

Humans are usually some of both the good and bad. I don’t doubt that Finnegan started the trouble with Andre Johnson. I suspect Finnegan would tell you that was his job…to bother Johnson, distract him, and eventually get Johnson ejected. He succeeded.

But pushing the girl five miles wasn’t his job. He didn’t make a cent for doing it. He won’t get a lot of recognition for it. But, you know…it mattered to her, and so it also mattered enough to him that he did it, regardless.

You cannot judge all of a person using only one side of the coin. You don’t have to like the Finnegan who started the fight…the guy who wants to be a dirty player. But, you shouldn’t dislike the guy who gave himself to help a girl, just because it mattered.

:shrug: It’s a big world. Football is not that big a deal…but you can bet, to that girl in the chair, Cortland Finnegan is the good guy.

Perhaps the GM, fearing for his job and/or rep, shouldnt say anything.

Afterall, if it doesnt invlove a player from his own organization, he really has no stake in the issue, does he?

florio – i got $100 that says you will never sit down with Finnegan

You said about CF:
“Often he talks with kids about overcoming diversity and not letting obstacles like your size stop your dreams.”

I hear ya–I love the whole positive message about trying to overcome diversity, too.

When stupid people are frustrated by smart people they call the smart people things like “coward”. Cortland Finnegan is a scumbag. The GM who shared his opinion is entitled to do so without putting his job on the line.

If the GM came out publicly he’d have to say some garbage like “Cortland is a fine DB”, but that is nowhere near as fun as hearing the truth what he feels about the player.

If a GM talks about another team’s player, he could probably get in trouble with the league, possibly fined.

Use your heads guys! Some stuff has to be off the record

Signed,

Kravon

Have Cortland change his actions on national TV reflect the type of person he really is.. otherwise all we have is his punk like actions to judge him upon.

Opinions are much like shadows.. they are only cast from the object in front of the lights.

Simply.. he looks like a punk because he acts like one in front of us.

It’s a waste of time to argue with Florio or the numbskulls that post here since it’s all about shock value anyway.

I will leave you all with this, if you lived in the Nashville or Middle Tennessee area, you would see the charity/community work he does. Not only that, but he has never once been involved in an off-field issue. His character off the field is stellar, you may not like him when he pounds on your favorite player on the field, but his intgrity in real life is unquestionable.

Soon as he gets out from behind Mama’s skirts, he is going to ask for a rematch.

Why not print it, Florio?

A GM is not a valued or trusted source. They blow sunshine up reporter’s arses 24/7. Just listen to them leading up to the draft.

Send GM text to Deadspin. They’ll let us know the GM who said it!

That is all.