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FOWLER: He’s an example of some things in life, they make you ask yourself, Why? You just can’t put an answer around it. It’s a colossal waste of great talent and a bright future. You think of his family and the families of the victims and it is one of the NFL’s greatest tragedies.

RAPOPORT: To me, he was one of the most talented players I’ve seen as his position, who I was friendly with, who turned out to be a murderer. That’s kind of what it is. It’s tragic and sad in so many ways and it will take a long time to explain http://www.baltimoreravensteamauthentic.com/lamar-jackson-jersey , and I don’t know that I will properly do it justice, but I’m sure there will be a book about it and a movie about it. It is one of the most complex, surreal, unbelievable stories that I can imagine. I remember the moments when he was being brought in, police were there and helicopters were circling his house and we were live all day on [NFL Network]. I’m talking about it and covering it and making calls and figuring out what is going to happen. He got released, and the Patriots had cut him http://www.washingtonredskinsteamonline.com/pernell-mcphee-jersey , what is going to happen to his salary and his family, and the whole time I kept thinking, This is unbelievable. I still can’t believe it’s all real. But it is unfortunately.

COURCHESNE: When I think about him, I think about that kid on the sidelines at football practice who always had a smile on his face and was always goofing off with people. He didn’t seem to have a mean bone in his body. He talked to everybody, he laughed with everybody and he was just a fun kid to be around. I remember sitting with him in a locker room, all alone after his father died Ravens Anthony Averett Jersey , and he still seemed strong and jovial. And I knew he was depressed about his dad, but he still clung to that personality. I remember watching him during NFL games, he was so over the top and jovial and everything was so celebratory. When I saw him on the field in the NFL, it made me think about that kid on the sidelines, and I thought, Wow Cheap Paul Worrilow Jersey , he hasn’t changed, he’s just a kid out there playing. And transpose that to what we seem to understand about the other parts of his life, if he was that hair-trigger monster that he has been portrayed to be…

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