SkapePhin
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I doubt you have to look too hard to find incidents like this from Incognito's past. If you're of the type to do this kind of horrible **** once, you're of the type to do it several times.
It all fits into the portrait of someone who thinks they're impervious to consequences and doesn't think they have to apologize for anything. If you're bothered by him, it's because there's something wrong with you -- with your ability to take a joke, or have thick skin -- rather than anything ever being wrong with him. That's his default mode. But I suppose the general consensus of the forum will be to think the woman should have fought back with Incognito rather than going to her superiors and her police, perhaps by running him over with her car. I'm sure that's what Jeff Ireland would have advised.
Sort of amazing, isn't it? The number of people who have to be cheats or liars or money grubbing or dirty... just so Incognito can be a nice guy who's reformed and a great teammate? Eventually you'd think the sheer numbers would get to people, but somehow the excuses keep flowing.
Another aspect to this that's sort of floating by people's attention: the drunkenness. Incognito was apparently drunk when he was assaulting this woman. Small wonder that Clabo says Incognito was drunk when he left that message for Martin. Maybe poor little Richie has a problem with the bottle, too, on top of everything else.
I definitely think alcoholism plays a role in this. You can see it in the TMZ video. For the Dolphins to cover this incident up, not push Incognito toward going to rehab, AND put him on the leadership council shows an insane lack of leadership or direction. Just absurd.