The NFL suspended Jimmy Smith threatened and emotionally abused his ex-girlfriend, but never hit her. Eric Weddle doesn’t think that is fair.
Here is what he had to say.
“I’m very close to Jimmy and it’s unfortunate with what happened,” Weddle said Thursday. “It’s hard to fathom arguing with your [significant other], never touching her and that gets you a suspension like this when guys are getting DUIs or physically abusing other people, and they never get near this [penalty]. I know details of it that I can’t get into, so I just feel bad for him. And it’s hard for a guy put into that spot, where he can’t really stand up for himself and tell the truth. Because if he does, it’ll be a lot worse in the grand scheme of things.”
“I think the organization did their due diligence. They know the facts,” Weddle said. “They know what this whole situation was about. It was never a physical confrontation. So obviously, there are some issues of he said and she said, things that he may want [to take] back. But it’s done now. Jimmy’s an up-front guy. Everybody goes back to Ray Rice and the video coming out, and they don’t want that to happen. I know for sure that was obviously on their mind. So they wouldn’t have done what they did and support him if they didn’t have all the facts. They can’t make that mistake twice.”
Flip the page to see what John Harbaugh had to say about the suspension.