You know, I never really thought it to be a crime that Terrelle Pryor instinctually ducked and covered when his face became aware of an incoming fist. A terrible visual for someone who was taller, heavier, and more protected than the person who owned said fist? Definitely. An offense so unforgivable that it required a public defense? Not quite. That's why I kind of feel like I should start viewing the flinch mocked 'round the sports world as more a of a societal violation. After all, the person who committed it was apparently left with no other form of recourse but to go with an even more embarrassing form of self preservation by holding up the irrefutable well-being of children as a transparent shield to playful teasing. Flinching must be a much more inexcusable transgression than I ever imagined if the person who did it felt the only way to come back from it was to talk about the role he modeled himself in as the forbearing example of pacifism for our youth. I honestly didn't think that Terrelle Pryor owed us any sort of explanation for engaging in the inherently human and involuntary act of detecting danger and reacting accordingly, no matter how bad it looked. Following the most counterproductive and unnecessary of public statements, however, I'm left feeling as though his explanation for getting completely punked isn't good enough. Apparently, in the split second that his brain had to tell his muscles to protect his face, it also managed to ask what the poor children would think if they saw football players fighting. If that's the case then a couple of his neurons should be fired for not considering what the internet would think about a 6'4, 230 pound wide receiver in pads and a helmet getting shook clear out of his skin by a pump-faked punch.
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