Federal investigations into the Washington Commanders' ownership, revelations of sexual misconduct, and a too-late name change just didn't do it for them. Is it a curse that makes them humiliate themselves until they carry Zero up the mountain?
In a classic case of whataboutism, Jack Del Rio wrote, "Would love to understand'the whole story' about why the summer of 2016 happened."
Double down isn't even the right phrase for a question about why people are discussing an attack on the Capitol Building.
He asked a straightforward question. Why don't we look into those things? Businesses are being burned down and people's livelihoods are being destroyed. We are going to make that a big deal after we have a dustup at the Capitol. There are two standards we have.
That is correct, you read that. The January 6 insurrection was called adustup by him. Something burned down seems to be Del Rio's standard. There were multiple deaths caused by the storming of the Capitol building. I guess as long as it wasn't someone's business, a few shattered windows and stolen items that ended up costing $30 million to protect aren't a big deal. It was a calculated attempt to overthrow the US government that was unsuccessful. A dustup describes that correctly.
Del Rio said that Americans have the right to express themselves. I am pretty sure he thinks that the Capitol invaders were just Americans expressing themselves, not those protesting police brutality, inequality, or racism. The guy looks back on the summer of 1968 and wonders why people were so upset when there were burned-down buildings to consider.
Del Rio was the head coach of the Raiders for two years. Is it with Raiders coaches that they make these kinds of comments?
The summer of 2020, when millions of Americans protested following the murder of George Floyd, is what Del Rio referred to as the "summer of riots, loot, and burning". 93 percent of the protests that summer were peaceful, according to a study by a nonprofit. The removal of Confederate statues and monuments is considered a violent protest. According to the Washington Post, only a small percentage of the protests involved property destruction.
It is not clear who Del Rio would want to look into the seven percent of violent protests from that summer. We all know what he means and who he is talking about.
A person who lives and works in Washington, D.C. gave a huge shout out to the Commanders for giving us so much content to make fun of.
As of yesterday, the Commanders have no comment on Del Rio, according to PFT's Mike Florio, who put it perfectly: "The events of summer 2020 are discussed, primarily by those who believe that the organic reaction to police violence against minorities equates to racism." The only thing that does it is that
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