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  He wasn't going to play. He was a 3rd stringer who played in 1 game all season.
context: He's on the practice squad and the vast majority of Eagles fans said "Who?" when they saw the name.
  I'd be shocked if he's not off the team before end of business today. >
  
  Yeah ridiculous to say "set to play in Superbowl". >
  
  Well he might suit up and keep the bench warm.  Maybe. >
  
  Even if he didn’t have these charges against him, practice squad players don’t suit up for games. >
  
  Sometimes they do, in the instances where they get promoted up to the regular roster.  It is not common, but there is nothing in the rules that say that a practice squad player cannot be promoted up to the regular roster to fill in the depth chart for a game, as long as it is not done more than a couple times in a season.
  If a practice squad player is promoted up for more than a couple games then they have to be added permanently to the regular roster, which has potential salary cap and other implications. >
  
  "OMG I'M SO SICK OF THESE HORRIBLE HEADLINES!"
  "WHY IS THIS A HEADLINE!?"
  Make up your fucking minds..... >
  
  Well, that’s one way for an NFL player to find out that he isn’t as bankable as, say, a Ben Roethlisberger. >
  
  He was a benchwarmer that no one on r/eagles ever heard of. He wasn't going to play in the SB either. >
  
  He was inactive for the NFCCG.  The only reason anyone cares is that we’re in week one of the Super Bowl news cycle, and there is absolutely nothing to report on.  I’d be shocked if he isn’t cut today. >
  
  I care because it's another entitled football player/rapist that was allowed to be so by the team he plays for, The Eagles. Why would anyone defend this crap?
  Explaining that he's only an "insignificant" part of the team is minimizing the team's responsibility for it's membership. >
  
  Who's defending it? >
  
  “Set to play” - he was inactive for the NFCCG, and barring practice injuries, ~~will be~~ would have been inactive for the Super Bowl. >
  
  "days before" ... more like a week and a half! >
  
  clickbaity article title. He played in only one game and was a backup. >
  
  Did I say I support him? Did you honestly glean that? 
  The title makes it appear that it was someone significant.
  It's not. And you know it >
  
  Shane Gillis will have jokes about this guy soon. >
  
  What?!  An NFL player that’s a criminal? My pearls have been clutched!  
  Well, at least he didn’t take a knee… >
  
  The NFL doesn’t mess around, no sir. You blacken the NFL’s eye by bringing up systemic inequality and getting national attention while being a quarterback on the decline play wise and you’re done.
  However, if you manage to sexually harass/assault over 20 women while being a quarterback with superstar potential, then brother do I have good news for you! How does a hundred million guaranteed sound? >
  
  The NFL is all about "The Shield". 
  All they care about is getting good press. >
  
  Who the hell gets indicted for first-degree rape and they're supposed to show up in court in a couple of weeks? I could see that for someone indicted for disorderly conduct or something but for something as serious as rape shouldn't it be more like, "you're indicted, turn yourself in now or we can't guarantee the police will take you alive?" >
  
  The crime was over two years ago. >
  
  Right, but it was still a violent felony, not some municipal code violation. I'm all in favor of not picking up the guy before his indictment and with releasing him on bail pending trial, but I do believe in immediate arrests for violent felonies. >
  
  He was indicted in Ohio and presumably lives in Pennsylvania. Ohio can't arrest him. They should have the right to demand PA arrest him and extradite him but that's also lengthy and expensive.
  I haven't read the indictment so not sure exactly what he's been accused of but I mostly understand the idea of allowing someone to turn themselves in. In the chance he's innocent of the charges, it'll have less disruption on his life.
  Whether or not it's appropriate I think largely depends on the evidence against them. I'd be fine as long as there's some due process with a judge reviewing the information and making a determination. >
  
  He's lucky he's in the NFL. Most jobs would frown pretty heavily on this. >
  
  Weeks* before he’s scheduled to sit on the bench.  FTFY.  Cut his ass and bury him under the jail.  GO BIRDS! >
  
  Another missed opportunity for Q'Anon to single out the pedophiles. >
  
  This fucking creep wasnt going to see the field at the SB. >
  
  Why does that matter? >
  
  Frankly it means it's much less of a story. They will cut him and pretend he never existed. >
  
  News articles say the incident happened in December 2019 and was immediately reported - yet they arrested him now, over 3 years later?  Something isn’t right. >
  
  We blaming the matrix on this one? >
  
  He was a backup guard. Headline really inflating it. >
  
  Was he going to play? I thought he was a backup / practice squad >
  
  It's always sunny in Philadelphia, right? >
  
  The E.A.G.L.E.S. System >
  
  Enter room with confidence
  Acquire new target
  Garner trust
  Lure away from safe space
  Expose yourself
  Sexually assault >
  
  Because of the implication.