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It’s obviously important for players to be careful about what they put on their twitter page.
This has turned into a very dangerous platform for players to communicate.
Now we all know that Jets rookie defensive tackle Kenrick Ellis has an upcoming assault trial in Hampton, VA.
He punched a man in the face who he claims was about to swing a bat at him, breaking he man’s nose and jaw.
The Jets feel he’s going to get off. They investigated the case thoroughly.
But considering the upcoming trial, I don’t know if I were Ellis, I would have tweeted the following the other day –
“THE POLICE HAVE NOTHING TO DO IN PALM BEACH.”
We left it in caps because that is how he tweeted it.
Ellis lives in Greenacres, FL, a suburb of West Palm Beach.
We aren’t sure what exactly he means by this, but if I’m guessing the tweet wasn’t a compliment to his local police department.
If I were him, I’d stay away from police references in his twitter page, but that is just me.
And it’s got to be concerning the Jets a great deal that they can’t get their hands on this kid, get him in their program, teach him the system, keep an eye on him, keep him busy.
Aside from the incident in Hampton, he also failed some drug tests while at the University of South Carolina.
This kid needs to be in a structured environment.
He needs a large dose of Dave Szott, who is essentially the Jets life coach. He helps Jets players deal with the game of life.
The last thing Ellis needs to be doing is hanging around West Palm Beach.
And he also needs some lessons about twitter.
The Jets are constantly harping to their players, in meetings, and with signs around the complex, to be careful what they tweet.
Muhammed Wilkerson might also need a twitter lesson.
For this unfamiliar with twitter, you can tweet your own message, reply to somebody else’s or retweet somebody else’s message.
Can somebody explain to me, why Wilkerson thought it was a good idea to retweet this –Â
mowilkerson –
RT – @smoke32: All dese Filipino niggas hacking all crazy—where u at bra.
Keep in mind once again, Wilkerson didn’t originate this message, but he retweeted it to his audience.
The “N” word was used, which is no considered derogatory if uttered by one African-American to another.
What a filipino “N” word reference is, we don’t have the slightest idea.
No “bra” isn’t a reference to a woman’s undergarment. It slang for “bro.”
Look it- we aren’t trying to be the PC police here, but these guys need to be careful.
They are very young guys who desperately need to be in Florham Park as much as possible.
But due to the lockout, they can’t go to the complex.
And this is really hurting their chances of having a big impact this year.
All rookies need a ton of tutoring in their transition to the NFL, but especially defensive linemen. It’s a whole different world playing in the NFL. In college, these kind of dominating DT’s can just push overmatched offensive linemen around. In the NFL, this doesn’t work. You need to use great technique, and these two guys need a lot of work in this area.
The next update will be on Tuesday night.
