Posted on 11/05/2021 11:12:19 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Derek Carr said Henry Ruggs III needs to be loved right now and needs to know he has people in his corner.
"And if no one else will do it, I'll do it," the Las Vegas quarterback said Wednesday.
Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia said it's important to keep the focus on the fact 23-year-old Tina O. Tintor was killed Tuesday morning in a fiery crash caused by Ruggs, the 22-year-old receiver who was cut by the team Tuesday night.
"We want to express our sincere condolences to the victim's family," Bisaccia said from a prepared statement. "We're deeply saddened for everyone affected. Especially the victim's family."
Prosecutors said Ruggs was driving at 156 mph with a blood-alcohol content twice Nevada's legal limit before his Chevrolet Corvette slammed into the rear of Tintor's vehicle that burned, killing her.
"We love Henry Ruggs, and want him to know that," Bisaccia added. "It's a terrible lapse in judgment, of the most horrific kind. It's something that he will have to live with the rest of his life. The gravity of the situation is not lost on anyone here and we understand and respect the loss of life."
"My emotions have been on a roller coaster so to speak this year," Carr said. "My heart goes out so much. I'll try to say it with a straight face because I've already been emotional about every bit of this. But to the family, to all the families involved, no one ever wants to see this, whether it's a football player or not, you never want to see something like this happen. It broke my wife and I's heart, honestly."
The crash came three weeks after Jon Gruden resigned as coach over emails he sent before being hired by the team in 2018.
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All the engine weight behind the rear wheels can be a dangerous thing in that kind of car.
Same thing for Trayvon Diggs of the Cowboys, also an ex-teammate at Alabama. Basically he said perfunctory “prayers for the victim and her family”, followed by “things happen.” Dallas media is silent, owing to the fact he’s leading the league in interceptions.
The guy was tested at .16 a couple of hours after the accident, which means he was likely over .20 at the time of the accident. Yet some on this thread want to blame it on the car or even the manufacturer of the car? Amazing.
My response was to Nifty, who was talking about a 911 (Porsche).
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