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"I've made a mistake and I have no excuse. I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation," Blackmon said in a statement. "I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person."
Saddly this is the 3-4 time I've heard the same speach from him....No really same speach...He dosent mean it, he reads it to satisfy the ownership, people need to call him out. Man I didnt want him than and really dont want him now....3-4 more years, he's out of the leauge.
Standard contrite sounding press statement. Completely canned response.
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"I've made a mistake and I have no excuse. I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation," Blackmon said in a statement. "I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person."
Saddly this is the 3-4 time I've heard the same speach from him....No really same speach...He dosent mean it, he reads it to satisfy the ownership, people need to call him out. Man I didnt want him than and really dont want him now....3-4 more years, he's out of the leauge.
Standard contrite sounding press statement. Completely canned response.
I hope he means it, but I doubt it..
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"I've made a mistake and I have no excuse. I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation," Blackmon said in a statement. "I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person."
Saddly this is the 3-4 time I've heard the same speach from him....No really same speach...He dosent mean it, he reads it to satisfy the ownership, people need to call him out. Man I didnt want him than and really dont want him now....3-4 more years, he's out of the leauge.
Here is the statement he gave last July regarding his arrest for DUI. Bear in mind that he also had an alcohol related incident in 2010 while in school.
Jaguars' Blackmon transcript about arrest, alcohol issues | jacksonville.com
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400...-alcohol-issues
Jaguars’ wide receiver Justin Blackmon answered various questions during an 18-minute press conference about his aggravated DUI arrest in Oklahoma and how he intends to respond going forward.
Here’s a transcript of what Blackmon said at his Wednesday press conference, with head coach Mike Mularkey and general manager Gene Smith at his side.
Opening statement: “First off, I want to openly apologize to Gene [Smith], to Mr. Khan [owner Shad] and his family and Coach Mularkey and the whole organization, teammates, everyone that with my poor judgment over the weekend brought bad press to. I want to apologize to fans or people that looked up to me, that because of what I did, the decision I made over the weekend, that might be questioning who I am now. I just want to apologize for that and just let people know that it’s not who I am, it’s not who I am going to be. Just like talked with Coach yesterday and Gene, I’m looking to make things better and I will continue to do that, starting yesterday on.”
Do you have a problem drinking alcohol: “I do not. I just think I made a poor choice. I put myself in a bad situation. It’s completely my fault, and I just gotta make better judgment on that.”
Is this incident any different from the incident in 2010 on previous arrest for DUI that was reduced to minor in possession of beer: “I really can’t talk about what happened there. It’s the same thing. I’m going to have to grow from it. I can’t go back and change the situation. I’m just going to have to build on it from here.”
Will you seek any professional help or counseling: “I’m going to seek whatever I need to seek to build from there.”
Did you have an opportunity that night to get a ride home with someone else: “I can’t talk about that.”
Are you up to the challenge of dealing with this incident and being a major part of this NFL team: “I know they put a lot of pressure on me, but I put more pressure on myself to make this right. I’m going to put more pressure on myself, continue to do that and to get out of this situation and make it right.”
How do you plan to change your lifestyle: “It’s all about growing from your mistakes, learning from them and maturing and trying not to make the same ones over.”
Less night life?: “That’s what it is, yes.”
Can you talk at all about what happened that night: “No, I cannot.”
Will you quit drinking for a while?: “I’m done as far as right now, I’m done with all of that.”
What was it like to talk to Fred Taylor: “It was very educational. Somebody that’s been here and been in the league for as many years as he has, just to hear his input on things and how to overcome certain adversities.”
You said you’re done drinking right now, is that indefinite: “I can’t promise you ten years down the road that I’m going to be done. I just know as of right now, and for what I can speak of, I’m looking forward to getting ready to play football and put this in the past.”
How do you feel knowing you let everyone down?: “I feel terrible. Not only letting down this organization, but my family and friends back home with the decision that I made, the selfish decision that I made that could have all been changed.”
What would you say to people that say this sounds a lot like what we heard two years ago: “People are going to think what they are going to think. Words are words, I guess. It’s my actions that are going to show.”
What was the conversation with your mother like after all of this: “She’s very supportive. She wanted me to know that they were there for me and loved me and they were always going to have my back.”
Will you accept certain stipulations in your contract as a result of this incident: “I’ll let my agent [Todd France] take care of that. Whatever the contract comes out to be, I’m here.”
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This is the difference between Blackmon and Haden. Haden didn't have any prior instances of douchebagery (that we know of). Blackmon had a ton of red flags.
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"I've made a mistake and I have no excuse. I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation," Blackmon said in a statement. "I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person."
Saddly this is the 3-4 time I've heard the same speach from him....No really same speach...He dosent mean it, he reads it to satisfy the ownership, people need to call him out. Man I didnt want him than and really dont want him now....3-4 more years, he's out of the leauge.
Standard contrite sounding press statement. Completely canned response.
I really don't understand when pro athletes do that. Do they have any idea how better off they come when they just come out honest and up front? That was clearly written by someone who has done this for a long time.
Jason Kipnis had something not even close to this bad happen to him last week. He didn't run out a dropped 3rd strike late in a ballgame, and went to Twitter and was honest, sincere, and straight from the heart, about it. I know that's not a DUI or anything illegal, but I think that type of response just has me as a fan thinking this guy gets it, and means it.
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"I've made a mistake and I have no excuse. I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation," Blackmon said in a statement. "I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person."
Saddly this is the 3-4 time I've heard the same speach from him....No really same speach...He dosent mean it, he reads it to satisfy the ownership, people need to call him out. Man I didnt want him than and really dont want him now....3-4 more years, he's out of the leauge.
Standard contrite sounding press statement. Completely canned response.
I really don't understand when pro athletes do that. Do they have any idea how better off they come when they just come out honest and up front? That was clearly written by someone who has done this for a long time.
Jason Kipnis had something not even close to this bad happen to him last week. He didn't run out a dropped 3rd strike late in a ballgame, and went to Twitter and was honest, sincere, and straight from the heart, about it. I know that's not a DUI or anything illegal, but I think that type of response just has me as a fan thinking this guy gets it, and means it.
Some of these guys aren't articulate enough to form proper sentences, and they pay their agents to handle the marketing of their image... so, that's usually what happens. It's better to release a standard form-letter type statement than it is to speak from the hip and perhaps misstate something in a way that may come back and bite you (especially in cases where there may be punitive action).
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Age to me isn't the concern in the matter of alcohol, it is the matter in which a person uses it, and personally I see a red flag with Blackmon. Drugs, which alcohol is, just legal, effects your frontal lobe of the brain no matter of the age and it impairs your judgement and motor functions. He messed up prior, is getting paid big bucks, and sounds like he has surrounded himself with the wrong people, you can have friends at his age that are non drinkers or at least DD's who could keep his privacy and freedoms let be, so I am hard pressed to find a positive or sympathy in his actions. I am happy the Browns did not pick him, he came into the NFL with baggage and now has more, personally I see him as a waste of cap space, and if the Browns did pick him, I could see the organization getting slammed by the fans and media so I see him as a great non draft pick made by the Browns, and personally I think that is great.
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Not to be negative here, but I think you'll find Gordon had far more baggage coming into the league than Blackmon did.
We didn't have to pay as much for Gordon but still, if baggage is the issue, Gordon had a boatload.
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Not to be negative here, but I think you'll find Gordon had far more baggage coming into the league than Blackmon did.
We didn't have to pay as much for Gordon but still, if baggage is the issue, Gordon had a boatload.
You only get concerned when they use that baggage, so far Gordan is clean ... 
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Is Gordon suspended for 4 games this year? Last time I checked he isn't. Blackmon was a bit more high profile, but so far he seems to have fallen out and or acted out since his past behavior traits. No matter I thought this was a Blackmon thread not a Gordon thread. Every person in the world has their own personal demons, it is how you handle them now and in the future is the major concern in my book. Blackmon is failing in this department.
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Not to be negative here, but I think you'll find Gordon had far more baggage coming into the league than Blackmon did.
We didn't have to pay as much for Gordon but still, if baggage is the issue, Gordon had a boatload.
Not to pile on, but I'm gonna pile on, hehe.... so far, Gordon has left his baggage at the door. Unless that changes, what baggage was brought to the door of the NFL doesn't matter any longer.
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Is Gordon suspended for 4 games this year? Last time I checked he isn't. Blackmon was a bit more high profile, but so far he seems to have fallen out and or acted out since his past behavior traits. No matter I thought this was a Blackmon thread not a Gordon thread.
Oh it is. Gordon is merely an example, so far, that those "red flags" you had with Blackmon, could just as easily If not more so have been said about Gordon.
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Age to me isn't the concern in the matter of alcohol, it is the matter in which a person uses it, and personally I see a red flag with Blackmon. Drugs, which alcohol is, just legal, effects your frontal lobe of the brain no matter of the age and it impairs your judgement and motor functions.
I was merely pointing out that if those were your concerns, it was no different with Gordon. I find it rather ironic you seem disheveled by the comments when both were in the same boat coming into the NFL and the comparison to that point didn't bode well for either.
But it does show that where people go moving forward is up to them.
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Not to pile on, but I'm gonna pile on, hehe.... so far, Gordon has left his baggage at the door. Unless that changes, what baggage was brought to the door of the NFL doesn't matter any longer.
Actually, while I didn't expound on my point, it kind of was my point.
Sometimes, and I'm guilty of this quite often, we tend to judge players coming into the league too harshly. We look at their past and assume it will be their future.
We can be wrong about that sometimes. Now who we are right about and who we are wrong about? I'm not sure we can look into the future and say. But so far, I was wrong about Gordon.
I hope that trend continues and have seen nothing to indicate that it won't.
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If I owned an NFL team I would have it as part of their multi-million dollar contracts that they have to use a paid driver anytime they are going out to social gatherings or out to have a drink or two or ten.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with these young men blowing off some steam in the offseason and getting drunk once in a while. Knowing that these YOUNG men will make these kind of mistakes and not anticipating it is just plain stupid management. If nothing else make them take a cab or limo there and keep a fleet of 5 drivers on hand to pick them up or something. Corporations do it ALL the time for much lower valued employees.
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No, but he did fail multiple drug tests at two separate universities and his play slipped dramatically in the second half of the season last year, leading to Banner's comments about him needing to be more dedicated to his profession.
I watched a rookie special on NFL Network last night. Blackmon is an idiot! Very cocky, even w/his coaches. Couldn't stand the guy. Glad we didn't take him.
With that said, Gordon scares me. He might not have gotten caught last year, but his track record shows that he cares more about partying than playing football. He is a ticking time bomb.
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Don't take my comments as if I think Gordon is going to be the next Jerry Rice, or something like that, my point is sure he has baggage, as I said we all do as humans, and we all have demons. It is what what you do after the the damage we as humans create and handle those matters and so far Gordon is not a problem, could he be? That is a yes. Right now I have no complaints about his off field habits since he is not suspended and will not hold his past against him since as of now he hasn't been problem wearing a Browns uniform. I wish him well as a person and hope he continues going down the right road for him as a person not a football player as I wish Blackmon would as a person too, but Blackmon seems to be showing a pattern that is leading to failure, and hope he changes his habits as well. Personally I don't see this as a football issue, just more of seeing a person who needs serious help.
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I agree with your comments and your points are valid. I am not stating I am not concerned about Gordon, since he carries similar traits as Blackmon, my point as I mentioned already as of this date it looks like Gordon is going down the correct road and hope he continues that and not waste his talents.
Blackmon to me needs help, and I will state the same thing if Gordon gets popped. Lets all hope Gordon doesn't. This is more about life then football.
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I agree and I am happy to see someone else understand the point I was making. This is more of a wellness issue for a person in my book then a football issue and wish them both well with the demons they battle and wish them both success in their careers.
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I agree with your comments and your points are valid. I am not stating I am not concerned about Gordon, since he carries similar traits as Blackmon, my point as I mentioned already as of this date it looks like Gordon is going down the correct road and hope he continues that and not waste his talents.
Blackmon to me needs help, and I will state the same thing if Gordon gets popped. Lets all hope Gordon doesn't. This is more about life then football.
I agree on blackmon. He seems self-destructive and overly guarded to me. I think the guy has issues that need to be sorted out. I've thought that about him ever since the radio interview where he said he wants to play in Cleveland "as much as they want to have me" or something like that. People took that as him saying he didn't want to play in Cleveland but it seemed to me he didn't want to put it out there that he wanted to play for a certain team vs another then go to a different team.
Here's an article about him from when he was still in college about him growing up. With the loss of his best friend and his brother's birth defects, he seems like a prime candidate for the whole "why me" question.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/O...b1_cutlin529889
OSU's Justin Blackmon: The pride of Plainview By JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer on Dec 23, 2010, at 2:27 AM Updated on 12/23/10 at 4:52 AM
ARDMORE - Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon came from out of the blue to place fifth in Heisman Trophy balloting and win the Biletnikoff Award, given annually to college football's top receiver.
In position to say "I told you so" is Plainview High School's class of 2008.
On page 102 of Plainview's '08 yearbook is a Blackmon photo next to a caption that reads "most likely to appear in Sports Illustrated."
"We nailed that one on the head," Blackmon's former Plainview classmate and teammate Garrett Moore said after a season in which Blackmon's name showed up in three SI articles. "We knew he was something special."
From a production standpoint, Blackmon really did come from nowhere (only 20 catches last season) to become a consensus All-American. Said coach Mike Gundy, "Justin Blackmon went from a five to a nine in one year."
From a locale standpoint, Blackmon came from a Carter County school with an Ardmore mailing address.
"We are not a town," Plainview athletic director Johni Bell said. "We are just a community outside of Ardmore. So it's a totally different dynamic. This community revolves around what happens at this school because there are no businesses here. There are no parades down main street. There is none of that."
If Plainview's sole source of pride is the accomplishments of students and alums, then blame Blackmon for triggering a chest-swelling epidemic. He has given the community a legit celebrity.
Blackmon and Moore ate dinner Sunday night at Budro's Rib Joint in Ardmore. A female diner noticed them and asked a waiter to confirm Blackmon's identity. She followed Blackmon to the parking lot and got an autograph.
Moore, a longtime Blackmon friend, said, "It was funny for me to see, the fact that he was like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt. She was giddy and shaky."
Born in California, but bred in Oklahoma
Blackmon came to Oklahoma from a state where movie stars dwell. He was born in Oceanside, Calif., to Warren and Donna Blackmon. Warren is a former Marine, and be careful how you categorize that. "There is no such thing as an ex-Marine," he said.
Warren is both retired and tired, in a non-weary sort of way. He moved his family to Oklahoma after accepting a position with tire manufacturer Michelin in Ardmore.
Justin was in the second grade when the big move occurred. "He was not happy about it at all," Warren said. "He thought his dad was crazy to relocate from California to Oklahoma. He actually said he wished I had left him in California."
Years later, when Justin was a high school senior, Warren took another job within the company and moved to South Carolina. But Justin had come to love Plainview so much that he stayed in Oklahoma.
Breathing a sigh of relief were Plainview coaches. They were thankful to learn they wouldn't be losing the franchise. As a senior, Justin earned All-State honors in football and basketball.
Participation in sports is what made Justin embrace living in Oklahoma. And if you want to pinpoint the spot where his athletic career got rolling, it was Skateland.
Justin never had played roller hockey, but joined a team and immediately started snaring MVP awards, according to his father.
If there's such a thing as an athletic savant, Justin is it. Point him toward competition and he's got all the right programming.
Moore took Justin snowboarding in Colorado. Justin took half a lesson and graduated from big-eyed rookie to mountain conqueror. (A bigger challenge was finding gear for his size 15 feet.)
Justin participated in baseball instead of track until his senior year at Plainview. In his lone spring as a trackster, he won a state title in the long jump, placed second in the high jump and helped his team be a state runner-up.
Bell, who was Justin's track coach, will never forget this: After running an anchor leg in the final event of the state meet, a teary-eyed Justin said he was sorry for letting the team down.
Plainview finished fifth in the 4x400 relay and finished six points behind Millwood in the team chase. Bell told Justin it wasn't his fault and encouraged him to channel heartbreak in a manner that would benefit himself and future teammates.
A bigger heartbreak came three-and-a-half years earlier.
Remembering 'Sugar'
On page four of Plainview's 2008 yearbook is a collage of pictures that includes a photo of Blackmon sitting in his vehicle. Hanging from the rear view mirror is a white wristband with "5" stitched on it.
No. 5 was the jersey number of Brett "Sugar" Spells.
Blackmon and Spells were childhood pals. Brett's older brother, Aaron, laughed while rehashing a long-ago story about taking the kids trick-or-treating. Someone jumped from behind a tree and frightened Justin and Brett. They basically had to be dragged to front porches the rest of the night.
Better times were had at the lake or at sleepovers or when playing ball. (Brett was a quarterback. Justin was a receiver who exhibited exceptional ball skills even as a wee lad.) Aaron said Brett and Justin were among four or five kids who were always spending time together.
In October of 2004, when Brett was a 15-year-old freshman, he was riding to school with a friend. The driver swerved to miss a deer and his pickup truck hit a tree. A few days later, Justin and Moore were among pall bearers at Brett's funeral.
"My brother rededicated his life to Christ the night before he died and passed away the next morning," Aaron said. "This was really (a moving experience) and I think it affected not only Justin, but all of those kids for the rest of their lives. Brett was like a brother to them."
Moore said losing Brett "changed us all and brought us closer together."
Plainview football players got No. 5 wristbands in memory of Brett. Justin said he keeps his wristband at his parents' home. "He was a good friend of mine, so obviously it means a lot to me."
Aaron said it means something to him that his brother is still meaningful to Justin.
"I love him to death," Aaron said. "I would do anything for him."
When Aaron was asked if Brett is still "with" Justin in any way, this was the response: "I don't doubt one minute that Justin keeps him in his thoughts every time he steps onto the field. If the good Lord upstairs is letting him do anything, Brett's favorite thing was football and I would be almost certain he would be watching Justin every time he steps on the field."
And Brett would no doubt notice that Justin finally put some meat on his bones.
Man of many talents
Blackmon excelled at more than just sports.
He was a member of a decorated choir at Plainview.
He played the drums at halftime of football games until a coach convinced him he really needed to be in the locker room with teammates. Justin was bummed about that, but he understood.
Justin is even good at politics, sort of. He was voted senior class president. "He's full of charisma," Bell said. "You couldn't not like Justin."
It's apparently difficult to find something Justin can't do. "You noticed that as well?" Moore asked.
Despite all the justified talk about Justin being a natural in his endeavors, he was not blessed with a blue-chip body.
David Gilliam, who coached Blackmon in junior high, said, "I don't know how to put this where it doesn't sound bad. He had big old feet and was kind of a skinny kid, but you knew he was going to grow."
Justin's older brother, Warren, Jr., had bigger physical issues to overcome. Their father said Warren, Jr., was born with club feet. He underwent major surgeries as a baby and was in casts and braces until age 2 or 3.
"They said he would never get to play athletics or do things," Warren, Sr. said. But Warren, Jr. played football, baseball and basketball for Ardmore High.
"He did a lot of extra things outside of school so he could get in position to play over there," Justin said. "He worked hard and did whatever he had to do to get it."
When Justin grew into his body, it was bad news for Plainview opponents (Gilliam said people came to basketball games just to watch Justin dunk) and breaking news for recruiters on the lookout for late bloomers.
So intriguing was Justin that college coaches were willing to overlook the fact that he bleached his hair blonde. It wasn't because he contracted Rodman-itis. It was a group decision by senior football players.
"It was another example of how close we were," Moore said. "We did it and didn't really care what people thought about it."
Moore also said this: "It was one of those decisions that, at the time, sounded great. Now all of our senior pictures are just awful."
Justin 'fessed up to a poor decision after he was arrested on a DUI complaint in Texas this season. People who know him say it was an out-of-character mistake that won't be repeated.
Gilliam and ex-Plainview football coach Corey Cole raved about the way Justin conducted himself in practices and in dealings with others, especially kids. Gilliam said it's rare to find any athlete with Justin's combination of talent and character.
OSU was sold and offered a scholarship on Thanksgiving of Justin's senior year. Other schools may have waited too late to get in the hunt. Said Cole, "It went from nobody wanted him to 'we want in on this too.'"
And that's sort of this season all over again. Justin went from just another guy on the roster to someone with a stay-or-go decision to make.
Justin's family members and friends will tell you they knew he had a breakthrough season in him.
Moore, now an OSU student, wore a No. 81 jersey to games the last two seasons and people responded by saying "who's 81?"
Moore said he almost fell out of Boone Pickens Stadium and onto the field while celebrating Justin's game-winning touchdown reception against Colorado in 2009.
"OK," Moore said to himself. "He can do this."
He's doing it better than anyone in college football this season. The pride of Plainview isn't really plain at all.
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