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First, let me preface this with the fact that I'm assuming Lynch was driving the car. So far, there has been no credible evidence to suggest otherwise.
Part of me wants to see him take his punishment- not necessarily get the proverbial book thrown at him, but a fair punishment for what he did: caused an injury while driving (quite possibly while drunk) and left the scene of the accident. All too often, athletes, politicians and other people in the public eye get away with crimes simply because of who they are. And I'm sick of it.
But at the same time, the football fan in me wants to see him get off completely. Our opponents have no moral qualms about putting thugs on the field. Baltimore has been successful against Buffalo in the Ray Lewis era. The Bengals- well, enough said. Hell, Jimmy Johnson beat us in the Super Bowl twice with a bunch of coke-heads and wife beaters, and had a similar bunch of convicts in Miami. And New England CHEATS AT FOOTBALL. The Bills have largely avoided disciplinary issues for years, even as other teams practically had to give parole officers office space in their facilities.
After years of holding the moral high ground (and losing to teams that don't), can we get a pass just this once? Of all the things that could have happened and all the things that other NFL players have done- this is relatively minor. I'd hate for Lynch to get suspended and hose our season for one minor incident after years of being one of the cleanest (if not the cleanest) clubs in the NFL.
Part of me wants to see him take his punishment- not necessarily get the proverbial book thrown at him, but a fair punishment for what he did: caused an injury while driving (quite possibly while drunk) and left the scene of the accident. All too often, athletes, politicians and other people in the public eye get away with crimes simply because of who they are. And I'm sick of it.
But at the same time, the football fan in me wants to see him get off completely. Our opponents have no moral qualms about putting thugs on the field. Baltimore has been successful against Buffalo in the Ray Lewis era. The Bengals- well, enough said. Hell, Jimmy Johnson beat us in the Super Bowl twice with a bunch of coke-heads and wife beaters, and had a similar bunch of convicts in Miami. And New England CHEATS AT FOOTBALL. The Bills have largely avoided disciplinary issues for years, even as other teams practically had to give parole officers office space in their facilities.
After years of holding the moral high ground (and losing to teams that don't), can we get a pass just this once? Of all the things that could have happened and all the things that other NFL players have done- this is relatively minor. I'd hate for Lynch to get suspended and hose our season for one minor incident after years of being one of the cleanest (if not the cleanest) clubs in the NFL.
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