Okay, so maybe that title isn't entirely true. Braylon Edwards wasn't suspended because his opinion needed censoring as much as he was suspended because his actual word choice needed censoring. Whether you played for them at one point or not, I think it's pretty common knowledge that if you're going to publicly lambaste a team from a conference whose network employs you, then the commentary needs to be cleaned up to look like something less than...well...exactly what it was, the drunken ramblings of a distraught and disheveled diehard...
Still, I think it bears mentioning that while his tweet was wrong in tone, it was kinda, sorta accurate in spirit. "Trash" is wee bit much for the aftermath of a one score loss in a raucous road environment to a higher ranked opponent during Week 1, but I certainly would go describing Michigan's offensive line as strong, or their egregiously overhyped quarterback's performance as fearless. The packaging of the criticisms was a tad flawed, as is often the case when the person delivering them is in a bad mood that's also altered by substances, but Braylon Edwards at least stumbled aimlessly around the fair point he was trying to make. Michigan has fallen far short of extremely high expectations ever since Jim Harbaugh has taken the reins. That's why the former Wolverines' second biggest mistake (after drinking and tweeting) was putting it on the young players who struggled, as opposed to the person who's consistently failed in preparing them throughout his tenure in Ann Arbor. He's definitely still indefinitely suspended for the first mistake, but at least he fixed the second one by taking the critical coach's advice and coming at him with nothing but facts...
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