Quote:I love the "this is a non issue" crowd...

 

I can just see Dave Caldwell drinking his coffee and reading the newspaper. He flips to a page and sees a headline:

 

"Justin Blackmon Involved In Accident At 3:30 AM"

 

His brow furrows. He reads on:

 

"Alcohol and drugs are not thought to have been involved"

 

Meh! he says with a shoulder shrug. He flips to Dear Abby and sips his coffee.

 

Here is another thing to consider too though, it's still 3:30 AM, and eventhough it was a tire blowout, what's there to say that he wasn't on his way out to perhaps drink some alcohol? I am trying to put myself in his shoes.

 

I am not a parent, or a General Manager, but that would be my first instinct and question anyways, "What in the heck are you doing out on the road at 3:30 AM?, you're a professional athlete, and it's the off-season, and you're suspended at the moment, where were you going and headed? And why? And should I now alter or adjust my draftboard?". And that's exactly how I would approach the kid, man-to-man. And I don't think Caldwell is just going to "shrug" this off. It still raises red flags because of the time of day. Like an earlier poster had stated, if it was 3:30 PM, it's a completely different story. But it wasn't. Just doesn't make any sense.

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