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Safeties montae N icholson
(ankle) a nd Deshazor Everett
(ankle) a re questionable to play.
Everett missed t he past f our
games but r eturned t o practice o n
a limited basis f or all three
sessions this w eek. N icholson has
missed the past two games
because of the ankle i ssue and
was l imited i n friday’s practice.
New York l inebacker C.J.
mosley (groin), defensive back
matthias farley (quadriceps) and
offensive lineman ryan K alil
(knee) a re all out for t he Jets,
while d efensive back Darryl
roberts ( calf ) is doubtful a fter
not p racticing all week. Jets
running back Le’Veon B ell (ribs/
knee/illness), linebacker Brandon
Copeland (hip/thumb) a nd
defensive lineman Henry
Anderson ( shoulder) are among
those listed as questionable.
— K areem Copelandexcerpted from
washingtonpost.com/redskinsRichardson, Thompson
ruled out against JetsThe Washington r edskins will be
without another offensive
weapon against t he New York Jets
on Sunday a fter Paul richardson
Jr. was o fficially r uled o ut. The
starting w ide receiver did not
practice all week because of a
hamstring injury, l eaving rookie
quarterback D wayne Haskins
without a top pass catcher in h is
first home start. T he offense also
will be without running back
Chris T hompson (toe) a nd tight
end Vernon D avis (concussion).
Thompson, who has m issed t he
past three games, and richardson
are the s econd- and third-leading
receivers o n the roster.professional football
suspend Garrett indefinitely; for
certain, he’s gone for the
remainder of the 2019 season,
and he must prove himself
worthy of reinstatement after
that. And everyone has a right t o
scream as much as they need to
while processing the brutality.
for once, we are united in
admonishing this particular
wrong.
But as this story advances, as
Garrett shows remorse, attempts
rehabilitation and strives to
move forward with his otherwise
magnificent young career, a
question will remain: Why?
our disdain won’t answer
that. Garrett will be sentenced,
beyond suspension, to a lifetime
of public condemnation. Even if
he recovers and forges a Hall of
fame career, this chapter will be
a major part of his story.
Nevertheless, there’s a chance
something useful can come from
this chaos, something more
sophisticated than anger and
vilification in perpetuity. So back
to that question: Why? or to be
more specific, how can an athlete
— one we would have put on a
list of players least likely to
transform into an unruly terror
— lose all of his character in the
heat of the moment?
The basic answer is that no
player can be certain he is
immune to the emotional land
mines of football or intense
competition in general. No
league can be certain it teaches
brewer from D1 sportsmanship and polices the
players well enough to have no
concerns. But there’s a chance, if
he takes it, that Garrett can
realize some better, deeper and
more beneficial truths about
violence in sports, how players
can make the proper corrections
and what all sports leagues can
do to be more enterprising and
instructional in helping athletes
manage their intensity.
Garrett isn’t just one of the last
people we thought capable of
this level of violence. It may
sound strange, but he’s also one
of the best people to have to
rehabilitate himself. That’s
because, in everything he has
shown over the years, the former
No. 1 overall draft pick has a
mind that will want to find out
why.
Now the resumption of his
career depends on Garrett
proving to the NfL that he can
evolve and be better than the
limits-testing defensive end who,
before his shocking eruption,
had been fined twice this season
for illegal or dirty plays. If
Garrett resists turning defensive
— so far, he appears to be
accountable and to understand
the seriousness of his acts — and
deals with the suspension in his
usual, scholarly way, he will learn
something about himself. And
his natural curiosity will make
him want to learn more. If he can
be earnest and introspective and
unafraid of any personal
demons, his sin can turn into
more than terminal shame.
“Last night, I made a terrible
mistake,” Garrett said in a
statement friday after the NfL
announced his suspension. “I
lost my cool and what I did was
selfish and unacceptable. I know
that we are all responsible for
our actions and I can only prove
my true character through my
actions moving forward. I want
to apologize to mason rudolph,
my teammates, our entire
organization, our fans and to the
NfL. I know I have to be
accountable for what happened,
learn from my mistake and I fully
intend to do so.”
There is no defending Garrett.
Nothing, not even numerous
examples of his character, should
allow him to escape all the scorn
and punishment he is due. I
doubt it will happen despite the
speculation, but if rudolph
wants to pursue criminal assault
charges, so be it. Garrett has to
own every aspect of his rage.
We have all gotten good at
anger and punishment, but few
emphasize reform. Some people
can’t reform, and some acts are
so horrible that we don’t want
them to be considered worthy of
reform. Based on all we know
about Garrett, it’s possible he can
come out of this terrible
situation a better, smarter and
more restrained competitor. He
can find out why and speak it to a
greater audience, not just do the
minimum for reinstatement.
Let’s hope he chooses that path.
I keep thinking back to his
fascination with paleontology.He loves dinosaurs, love fossils.
He loves what they teach us
about how the world used to be
and how it evolved. He would
rather talk about that subject
than swim moves and sacks. In
any conversation you have with
Garrett, his analytical mind
stands out.
Now we know, along with his
charming side, there’s a darkness
to him. Why? And is the answer
personal or applicable to a larger
sample of athletes? These are
mysteries that we never resolve
in these kinds of cases. After
scaring football fans across the
world Thursday, Garrett now has
an opportunity, away from the
limelight, to research and probe
and educate.
first, he must address the rage
within him. That’s enough to be
welcomed back to the NfL next
season. But if he’s serious about
the “learn from my mistake” part
of his statement, he will treat
that rage like a fossil. He will
study it. He will get help
studying it.
Why? Not “why me?” Just,
why?
Garrett may have destroyed
his reputation and ruined the
Browns’ chances to make a
comeback this season, but the
rest of him seems intact. As he
waits to play again, he has an odd
yet pivotal opportunity to prove
this is true.
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After violent act, self-examination is key to salvation
New York Jets quarterback Trev-
or Siemian. Garrett t old reporters
Thursday night in the Browns’
locker room he had “made a
mistake.”
“ I lost my cool, and I regret it’s
going to come back to hurt our
team,” Garrett said. “The guys
who jumped into the scrum, I
appreciate my team having my
back. But it should never have
gotten that far. It’s on me.”
The melee started with eight
seconds remaining in the
Browns’ 21-7 triumph in Cleve-
land after Garrett hit rudolph
following a throw.
other players still could be
fined by the league. rudolph, who
grabbed at Garrett’s helmet and
appeared to try to pull it from his
head as the two wrestled on the
ground, probably will be fined.
G arrett eventually pulled off
rudolph’s helmet, and with both
players back on their feet and
Garrett being pushed by Steelers
guard David DeCastro, Garrett
swung the helmet, and it hit
rudolph’s unguarded head.
rudolph said after the game he
was “fine” and uninjured. He
called Garrett’s actions “pretty
cowardly, pretty bush league.”
Garrett, ogunjobi and Pouncey
were ejected from the game.
Pouncey hit and kicked Garrett
during the fracas. He told report-
ers in the Steelers’ locker room
Thursday night that he was “in
protection mode” and would ac-
cept any penalty given to him by
the NfL.
P ouncey also said that Garrett
“absolutely, 100 percent” should
be suspended for the remainder
of the season.
[email protected]ing on-field discipline. That pro-
cess generally moves quickly and
probably will be resolved before
the Browns’ next game Nov. 24
against the miami Dolphins in
Cleveland.
“Garrett violated unnecessary
roughness and unsportsmanlike
conduct rules, as well as fighting,
removing the helmet of an oppo-
nent and using the helmet as a
weapon,” the NfL said in its
announcement friday.
Steelers center maurkice
Pouncey was suspended for three
games and Browns defensive
tackle Larry ogunjobi was sus-
pended for one game for their
roles in Thursday night’s melee.
All the suspensions are without
pay. The Browns and Steelers
were fined $250,000 each.
Garrett is a standout player
who has 10 quarterback sacks this
season, tied for fourth in the
league, and was the top selection
in the 2017 NfL draft. He has a
reputation for being soft-spoken
and well-rounded off the field,
with an interest in poetry and a
fascination with dinosaurs. His
charitable work includes a lead-
ership role in the effort by former
NfL player Chris Long’s founda-
tion to supply clean water to
needy communities in Africa.
“We support him in every way
that you can, even if it’s an egre-
gious mistake,” Browns Coach
freddie Kitchens said in a confer-
ence call with reporters friday.
“We were expecting a response
from the league. We accept their
response.”
Garrett was fined by the NfL
for several illegal hits this season,
including one that resulted in a
season-ending ankle injury foring player safety a nd reached a $1
billion settlement with players
who sued over the effects of head
injuries. Even so, there is anec-
dotal evidence of parents wary of
allowing their kids to play foot-
ball and reports of flagging par-
ticipation in the sport at the
youth and high school levels.
Against that backdrop, the
Browns acknowledged after the
game that they expected Garrett
to be suspended and Garrett’s
actions drew widespread scorn
and condemnation from NfL
players, analysts, former players
and others. former NfL quarter-
back Troy Aikman, an analyst on
the fox broadcast of the game,
called the scene “barbaric.”
Browns quarterback Baker may-
field termed Garrett’s actions “in-
excusable.”
Browns owners Jimmy and
Dee Haslam also apologized fri-
day to rudolph and said the team
accepted the NfL’s p enalties. “We
are extremely disappointed in
what transpired last evening at
the end of our game,” t he Haslams
said in a statement. “There is no
place for that in football and that
is not reflective of the core values
we strive for as an organization.”
Garrett can appeal his suspen-
sion, which is without pay. A
six-game suspension would cost
Garrett about $1.14 million of his
2019 salary of $3.23 million. The
NfL said he also was fined an
unspecified amount.
An appeal would be heard by
either James Thrash or Derrick
Brooks. Those two former NfL
players are the appeals officers
jointly appointed by the league
and the NfL Players Association
to resolve appeals of cases involv-Garrett’s s uspension, at a mini-
mum of six games, already is the
second-longest suspension for an
on-field incident in league histo-
ry. The NfL suspended oakland
raiders linebacker Vontaze Burf-
ict for the final 12 games of this
season for an illegal hit, based on
Burfict’s repeat-offender status.
In 2006, defensive tackle Albert
Haynesworth was suspended for
five games for stomping on the
head of Dallas Cowboys offensive
lineman Andre Gurode after a
play, requiring 30 stitches for
Gurode.
The unsightly incident, which
came in the final seconds of
Cleveland’s nationally televised
victory over Pittsburgh, was an-
other black eye for the NfL in
what is supposed to be a celebra-
tory season commemorating its
100th anniversary. Instead, there
have been controversies over offi-
ciating gaffes, the erratic behav-
ior of wide receiver Antonio
Brown during abbreviated stints
with two teams and the audition
that the league organized Satur-
day in Atlanta for out-of-work
quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
The NfL continues to thrive as
a business and mainstay of Amer-
ican culture and remains, by far,
the country’s most popular and
prosperous sport. Te levision
viewership is up for a second
straight season, with audiences
dwarfing those for other pro-
gramming.
Ye t there are growing concerns
about the sport’s long-term via-
bility amid issues about player
safety and concussions. The NfL
has taken steps toward improv-
garrett from D1
Garrett suspended indefinitely for helmet incident
provided an update on his condi-
tion.
The 30-year-old Burnett, who
signed with Cleveland in April as
a free agent, had an interception
in the victory. T he Steelers waived
him in April. He also played eight
seasons in Green Bay.
Burnett’s i njury is another shot
to the Browns’ defense and thin
secondary. S afety E ric murray h as
been out with a knee injury.
l broncos: Denver placed
cornerback Bryce Callahan on
injured reserve and activated sec-
ond-year wide receiver Tim Pat-
rick off Ir to take his roster spot
before its game Sunday at minne-
sota.
Coach Vic fangio said that
Callahan will undergo surgery
soon to replace a bent screw in his
right foot that was implanted in
December to hold broken bones
together and allow them to heal
properly.
“This time we need to make
sure the screw doesn’t bend,”
fangio said. “We need to go to a
better hardware store.”
Callahan, who followed fangio
from Chicago to Denver last win-
ter, signing a three-year, $21 mil-
lion free agent deal, was in too
much pain to play with the bent
screw after getting stepped on
during a practice at the team’s
stadium July 27.
l Misc.: former Cleveland
wide receiver Antonio Callaway
was suspended 10 games by the
NfL for another violation of the
league’s substance-abuse policy.
League spokesman Brian mc-
Carthy said that Callaway will
begin serving the suspension im-
mediately.ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Philadelphia Eagles
signed running back Jay Ajayi,
bringing back a key offensive
player from their Super Bowl
championship team two years
ago.
Ajayi replaces Darren Sproles.
The veteran was placed on in-
jured reserve friday because of a
torn right hip flexor muscle.
Philadelphia’s leading rusher,
Jordan Howard, has a shoulder
injury and is questionable when
the Eagles (5-4) host New Eng-
land (8-1) on Sunday. Coach Doug
Pederson said Ajayi could play
despite not practicing with the
team.
Ajayi hasn’t played in the NfL
since he tore an ACL on oct. 7,- He h ad 592 yards rushing in
10 games in 2017, including the
playoffs, after the Eagles acquired
him from miami midway through
the season.
Ajayi ran for 57 yards in Phila-
delphia’s 41-33 win over the Patri-
ots in the Super Bowl.
Wide receiver Alshon Jeffery
and linebacker Nigel Bradham
are out Sunday because of ankle
injuries.
l browns: A person familiar
with the injury said Cleveland
starting safety morgan Burnett is
done for the season with a torn
Achilles’ tendon.
Burnett got hurt in the first
half of Thursday’s 21-7 win over
the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of his
former teams. Te sts taken friday
revealed the season-ending inju-
ry, said the person who spoke to
the AP on the condition of ano-
nymity because the team has not
nFL notesE agles add familiar face,
sign running back Ajayi
ron schwane/associated pressMyles garrett’s scholarly, soft-spoken nature off the field could help the browns’ defensive end learn from his repugnant actions thursday.
redskins notesCrabbe said. “The least you could
do is to call me and apologize to
me or tell me something.”
Herman Crabbe said his
daughter modeled and worked at
a hotel. “my daughter had the
world in her hands, and she was
very smart,” Herman Crabbe said.
“I’m torn up right now. She got
mixed up in something, and I
wish I had known.”
Nicholson, who has missed the
redskins’ previous two games
with an ankle injury, returned to
practice friday after missing
Thursday’s session. Afterward, he
dressed in the team’s locker room
and shook his head when ap-
proached by reporters and de-
clined to answer questions.
Interim coach Bill Callahan
said early friday afternoon that
he had yet to speak to Nicholson
about the incident.
“first off, a young lady lost her
life, and our condolences and
thoughts and prayers go o ut to her
family and her friends, loved ones.
That’s a sad situation,” Callahan
said. “relative to montae and the
legal process, we’re letting that
play out right now. We’re getting
more facts and information. As of
right now, montae practiced, he
still is on the injury report, and we
will see about tomorrow as we
gather a little more info.”
Callahan would not say wheth-
er Nicholson will play in Sunday’s
game against the New York Jets if
he’s healthy enough to do so.
“Like I said, we’re still gather-
ing information, and we’ll make
that determination and decision
as we move forward,” Callahan
said.
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[email protected]home. The Loudoun County Sher-
iff’s office said friday the men did
not place a 911 call about Julia
Crabbe, who arrived at t he facility
“unconscious and unresponsive.”
She was soon pronounced dead.
Herman Crabbe said Nicholson
and the other man waited at the
hospital for about 30 minutes,
meeting his son but leaving when
police arrived. The Loudoun
County Sheriff’s office said the
men left the area immediately
after dropping off Julia Crabbe.
Dycio, like Herman Crabbe, said
his client waited on the scene for
Julia Crabbe’s family to arrive.
Herman Crabbe said there are
still big holes to fill in the story of
what happened to his daughter.
He still does not know how much
time elapsed between when she
collapsed and when Nicholson
placed the call to his son.
“That’s the big issue,” Crabbe
said. “What’s the timeline? When
did you decide to make the call?”
Herman Crabbe said it also re-
mains unclear what drug his
daughter may have overdosed on
and how she obtained the drug.
Crabbe said Narcan was ad-
ministered to his daughter at the
hospital, indicating she may have
taken a narcotic. Crabbe said he
searched his daughter’s room af-
ter her death and found a black
substance i n tinfoil, something he
thought was heroin. Crabbe said
the question of whether his
daughter c ould have been saved if
she had gotten help sooner gnaws
at him.
Herman Crabbe said he has not
heard from Nicholson since his
daughter’s death. “Not a word,”nicholson from D1Woman’s family wants
answers from N icholson
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