Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew Upset With Lack Of Outrage From Death Threats

While apologizing for his tweets critical of Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, Maurice Jones-Drew wonders why there isn't outrage about the death threats he has received since then. So the Jacksonville Jaguars running back has taken the matter directly to his Twitter followers, retweeting the threats via @Jones_Drew32. When asked by an NFL fan Wednesday why he would dignify the comments, Jones-Drew replied "bc the world needs to see it." On Tuesday, Jones-Drew tweeted: "I guess death threats towards me and my family isn't head line news but me tweeting my opinion about a person is... The society is backwards I guess we haven't came far enough as human beings. "When has a threat towards a person especially now. Has gone unspoken about on any national stage is outrages and unbelievable." Earlier Tuesday, Jones-Drew apologized for his tweets about Cutler. "It was my opinion, but I never wanted to personally attack Jay," Jones-Drew told The Florida Times-Union. "It's something that I hope it blows over. I was trying to have fun, have a joke, and I think it was something I should've never tweeted and I'm sorry for it. It was never to hurt him. Hopefully he can understand that, and everyone else can." Jones-Drew said he was rooting for Cutler and the Bears in Sunday's NFC Championship Game, and when the quarterback left in the third quarter with an injury, the running back believed it was the perfect time to poke fun at the Florida Gators. "Hey I think the urban meyer rule is effect right now... When the going gets tough........QUIT," Jones-Drew posted on his Twitter page. Cutler was diagnosed Monday with sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.

Source: NFL.com

 

Threatening another persons life is a lot worse than criticizing a player for lack of toughness.....I agree with Maurice.

 

Agreed, but at the same time, death threats get thrown about on the internet like dollars in a strip club, which is why it's not getting the same press coverage.

 

Anyone show up in his front yard with burning jerseys?

 

And if the death threats came from NFL players it would be huge. They came from normal people, and you didn't hear average Bear's fans critisism of Cutler on Twitter.

 

Seems like more and more athletes are getting themselves in hot water with their tweets. When words are typed out and sent at the spur of the moment, it is often difficult to determine if they were sent in a serious manner or to be amusing. Some of these athletes need to stop tweeting and stick to their blogs. As for death threats, I always thought it to be a good idea to keep it as low key as possible and let investigators handle them.