ERdocLSA2004

September 6th, 2019 at 10:39 PM ^

Please.  He’s a typical gifted athlete that thinks because he was bigger and faster than everyone else that he is also smarter, more important, and should be worshipped.  He’s had plenty of time to mature and doesn’t deserve anyone’s benefit of the doubt until he actually changes.  He drops stupid comments like he used to drop balls.

Champeen

September 6th, 2019 at 2:46 PM ^

Michigan Role Model?

 

Legal issues[edit]

Edwards has often been in trouble with the law as he has been pulled over seven times from 2002 to 2010 for speeding violations,[16] the most recent of which was in October 2008 when he was pulled over for driving 120 mph in a 65 mph zone.[17]

Two days before being traded to the New York Jets, on October 5, 2009, Edwards reportedly punched Edward Givens, a local party promoter, in the face at 2:30 A.M. outside of the View Ultralounge & Nightclub.[18] Givens, who is an acquaintance of LeBron James, alleged that Edwards was jealous of James' success thus prompting Edwards' attack. This prompted James to call the incident "childish."[18] On October 26, 2009, Edwards was charged with misdemeanor assault[18] and later plead no contest to the charge of aggravated assault on January 12, 2010.[19] Edwards was given a suspended 180-day jail sentence, was fined $1,000 and placed on inactive probation.[19] Though Edwards offered no explanation or apology for his actions, he reportedly regretted the entire ordeal according to his lawyer.[19] The NFL did not suspend Edwards for his actions.[20]

On September 21, 2010, Edwards was arrested on a drunken driving charge in New York early in the morning.[17] He was originally pulled over for having excessively tinted windows on his Range Rover.[17] Police smelled alcohol on Edwards who blew 0.16—twice the legal limit.[17] He was arrested on a DUI charge.[17] He is still on probation for the altercation that occurred in October 2009.[17]

In October 2013, Braylon was accused of physically assaulting a man who had videoed Edwards fighting in the street earlier in the evening with an unknown man. The photographer said he was approached by Edwards who demanded the video be deleted and when the photographer refused and started to walk away, Braylon grabbed the photographers ankles from behind and lifted them up, causing the photographer's face to strike the pavement and then followed up by slamming him into the side of a car on the street. When approached by the media Braylon Edwards' representatives denied the incident, claiming the story was concocted in a shameless attempt to "take Braylon's money."

The next day TMZ presented video footage showing the incident taking place as the victim had described.[21]

RGard

September 6th, 2019 at 2:53 PM ^

The rest is bad, but I'm certain I have had more speeding tickets in any eight year span than Braylon. 1985 to 1989 was particularly high for me with velocity taxes.  Braylon does have me beat on top speed associated with a speeding ticket.  Mine was 105 in a 55 though the nice state trooper marked it as 70.

RGard

September 6th, 2019 at 5:12 PM ^

The 105 in a 55 was Dec 31, 1986.  Nice Arizona State Trooper recorded it as 70 so I didn't have to go to jail (his speeding fine schedule only went up to 100 mph).

I know I had 4 in 1987. 

Two from the same cop on different days on the beltway around Baltimore.  

"Captain, how have you been?"

"Been well, Officer.  How fast was I today?"

In the 80s, the states weren't talking to each other about speeding tickets (velocity taxes) so you didn't get points for speeding in MD if you had a PA license.  Nor did your insurance company ding you as they relied on your driving record as detailed by the state that issued the license. 

Actually you drive slow when running down Koalas.  It's builds the suspense and the little guys can't get out of the way as much as they try as they partially live in some slow motion dimension.

 

I'mTheStig

September 6th, 2019 at 9:00 PM ^

Jeez, and I thought I was bad doing 87 in a 65 a couple of weeks ago trying to get the hell out of the Denver airport.  That's like 4 points and a $300 fine here.   Plus 20 over is a mandatory court appearance.  The cop was super cool.  Knocked it down to 5 over which is 1 point (yay insurance) and a $100 fine.

Magnus

September 6th, 2019 at 1:10 PM ^

I finished the book a couple days ago. Honestly, I felt like some of his thoughts were explained well and I think he was represented poorly at times. And he did apologize for some things. But there's really no great explanation for a lot of his antics; a lot of them were just childish. 

But if any of us had to explain all of our behaviors from childhood/teen years to adulthood, I'm guessing there would be embarrassing moments. I think the disappointing thing with Edwards is that he's carried over some of those things into his 30s that a lot of people stopped doing a long time ago.

DrMantisToboggan

September 6th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^

I wish I didn’t name names but I stand by my words.

That’s...not...an apology. Sorry, but Braylon has shown his ass too many times to give him any kind of pass or benefit of the doubt. Loved him as a player, but I really don’t want to hear from him anymore. He’s a bit of an embarrassment to Michigan.

DrMantisToboggan

September 6th, 2019 at 1:27 PM ^

I certainly don’t think Jim cares for him. I certainly don’t think anyone on the team or staff cares for him. I really can’t see him ever having a meaningful relationship with the program again, unless we hire a HC that played with him way down the line. It’s unfortunate, but he’s behaved himself into just another drunk fan in the stands.

Drew Henson's Backup

September 6th, 2019 at 1:24 PM ^

I feel like he says things that a lot of fans say, including right here on this board. Regardless of what anyone might think about those anonymous commenters, the opinions are not crazy.

Braylon just has no appreciation for his position as a prominent alumnus of the team. Or he just doesn't care, which is probably more accurate.

MEZman

September 6th, 2019 at 2:19 PM ^

If you really are Braylon I'm pretty sure the thing that really bothers you about Michigan (University, fans, football program) is that it doesn't need you anymore but you need it to help you stay relevant/sell books/whatever. You don't really care about the solution or the problems you just care about being irrelevant because you've made an ass of yourself too many times and now everyone has moved on from you to the new generation so now you need to tear them down.

lostwages

September 6th, 2019 at 1:53 PM ^

Now you take a very esoteric perspective of the conversation roflmao...you folks are funny.

Using your toilet paper logic, we should just shut down the forum because nothing will be resolved here. It can only be resolved by the coaches on the field.

Try again...