Posted on 11/08/2021 1:04:17 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The Las Vegas Raiders waived 2020 first-round pick Damon Arnette and have now cut ties with both first-round picks from that draft before the midpoint of their second season.
General manager Mike Mayock called it a “painful decision” to release Arnette on Monday but said it was necessary in response to a social media post with Arnette brandishing a gun and threatening to kill someone.
Arnette was drafted 19th overall with a pick acquired in the Khalil Mack trade despite what Mayock called “significant concerns” about his character. Arnette was rated lower on most draft rankings but the Raiders believed after talking to his coaches at Ohio State that they could develop him on and off the field.
The move to cut Arnette comes less than a week after No. 12 overall pick Henry Ruggs III was released following a fatal DUI crash. Authorities said Ruggs was driving 156 mph with a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit in Nevada. He faces multiple felonies and jail time if convicted.
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“surprised that the Baltimore Ravens are in the middle of the pack and not leaders”
Its all about the trades my friend. A lot of these players are like gypsies right?
Dexter Manley played for the redskins....came out one season in a press conference and admitted he was illiterate....couldn’t even fill out a check. Sad
>>and has nothing to do with skin color.
Are you sure about that?
Mayock and team ownership are a continuous dumpster fire.
Coach Gruden doesn’t seem so bad now does he?
Wow. Cutting him just for threatening to kill someone. It’s not like he used the wrong pronoun or anything like that.
I’m shocked he sounds like a Raiders kind of guy, did the organization find religion after moving to Vegas?
He’ll be flipping burgers in the next 5 years.
My mother used a professional connection to get me a factory assembly job that paid a whole 30 cents an hour over minimum wage ($2.10) and I was proud that I scored a job that paid better than McDucks.
“many really never received (or earned really) an education”
Or wanted one. ‘Doan play the white cracka’s game, homey,’
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