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“We used to always mess with Hernandez when we were on the field and say, ‘Hey man I heard they found the body,'” Scott said. “And we thought it was a joke because we knew something had happened in Florida. So the whole running joke was hey I heard they found the body. Like we all knew he was a bad guy, there had been stories floating around this guy for years.”
Scott also noted that when Hernandez visited Patriots head coach Bill Belichick at the 2013 NFL Combine it was a “cry for help.”
He also went into how gangs can affect NFL players, and what he believed to be one of the biggest issues right off the bat for Hernandez, who was a Bristol, Conn. native. “Worst thing to ever happen to Hernandez was the fact that he got picked by a team where he was from. Because the hardest thing to do when you’re an athlete is to separate from where you come from,” Scott said. “We knew that he was in a gang, which a lot of players are in gangs, a lot of us grow up in gangs and what happens is it’s hard to remove yourself from them, but we’re removed by distance.
Read more at: https://nesn.com/2018/01/bart-scott-reveals-chilling-taunt-nfl-players-said-to-aaron-hernandez/
https://nesn.com/2018/01/bart-scott-reveals-chilling-taunt-nfl-players-said-to-aaron-hernandez/
Makes you wonder about those who recruited/drafted him.
Scott also noted that when Hernandez visited Patriots head coach Bill Belichick at the 2013 NFL Combine it was a “cry for help.”
He also went into how gangs can affect NFL players, and what he believed to be one of the biggest issues right off the bat for Hernandez, who was a Bristol, Conn. native. “Worst thing to ever happen to Hernandez was the fact that he got picked by a team where he was from. Because the hardest thing to do when you’re an athlete is to separate from where you come from,” Scott said. “We knew that he was in a gang, which a lot of players are in gangs, a lot of us grow up in gangs and what happens is it’s hard to remove yourself from them, but we’re removed by distance.
Read more at: https://nesn.com/2018/01/bart-scott-reveals-chilling-taunt-nfl-players-said-to-aaron-hernandez/
https://nesn.com/2018/01/bart-scott-reveals-chilling-taunt-nfl-players-said-to-aaron-hernandez/
Makes you wonder about those who recruited/drafted him.