Quote:But bu but, it's just kids making mistakes, didn't you know that?

 

Which has nothing to do with the point I'm making, which is that we won't know if he's sincere about changing his life to make football the priority or not for years.

 

If he gets through this season without another suspension and gets a year next offseason then even though some people might think he was okay while playing this year in retrospect it will be obvious that he wasn't.

 

If he goes the rest of his career without an incident (or getting caught) then we can believe that he was sincere about wanting to deal with his problem.

 

My guess is he'll do what 99% of people do/would do, which is try to cover up his drug addiction more thoroughly so he can "have it all".

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