Not the same as standing up in public and looking people in the eye, though. Not the same effect.
LOL! Are you suggesting that now there is some requirement that all defendants make public statements because one chose to and was allowed to do so by his attorney?
Keep in mind that Dave Evans is a team captain and is used to speaking for them in a leadership role.
What this signaled to me is that all the speculation that Nifong has a player in his pocket who has turned on the others is hogwash.