Nick Bosa is a coward who is afraid to back up wearing a MAGA hat with words

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Good morning, Winners! Thanks for reference nan Morning Win today. We admit you giving america a spot of your clip this morning.

Jayden Daniels and nan Commanders pulling disconnected an unthinkable Hail Mary pass to hit nan Bears is taking up astir of nan aerial successful nan room this morning. Reasonably so. What an unthinkable play.

That’s a changeable of luck for Nick Bosa, who’d astir apt beryllium successful nan spotlight a spot much coming different aft he selfishly decided to barge successful connected his teammate’s postgame question and reply to make a governmental statement. Bosa proudly boasted a MAGA hat for nan millions of folks watching backmost location to see, tacitly endorsing Donald Trump successful nan 2024 election.

He didn’t opportunity a word. He hardly looked astatine nan camera. He conscionable walked complete and pointed to his hat.

First of all, I thought we were sticking to sports successful nan NFL. But I conjecture that only applies erstwhile personification takes a guidelines (or a knee) against constabulary brutality successful this country. But I digress.

Considering that Bosa made nan definitive determination to flash nan hat, you’d deliberation he’d beryllium prepared to speak astir his determination and what nan chapeau and nan activity it represents mean to him aft sharing it pinch nan world.

But if you thought that — for illustration I did! — you’d beryllium wrong.

Instead of opinionated connected his beliefs erstwhile confronted astir them, he tucked his tail and ran. “I’m not going to talk excessively overmuch astir it. But I deliberation it’s an important time,” he told reporters.

Bosa seemed to want group to cognize who he stands with. But, erstwhile asked why he feels nan measurement he does, he didn’t want to talk astir it. The champion he could connection up was, “It’s an important time.” Well, yeah, Nick. Duh. We each cognize that.

One of these 2 things are happening here:

Either Bosa isn’t well-equipped capable to articulate his position and talk astir why he wore nan chapeau connected nationalist television, successful which lawsuit he astir apt shouldn’t person worn nan chapeau astatine all.

Or he’s capable to explicate his feelings here, but he’s simply conscionable acrophobic to. Which, to put it plainly, folks, is axenic cowardice.

Considering that he’s grown into rather nan “talker” now, I’d thin toward nan latter. Either way, it’s a existent shame.

If you’re leaning successful connected nan hate, guidelines connected it. After all, that is nan connection he wanted to make by barging successful connected his teammate’s interview.

Seven years ago, Colin Kaepernick was successful nan aforesaid abstraction connected nan other extremity of nan spectrum. He was asked astir kneeling during nan nationalist anthem astatine NFL games. When he was asked astir it, he didn’t tally from it. He stood connected everything he believed in. He mislaid his occupation because of it. He wasn’t acrophobic of nan consequences. He didn’t attraction what group thought. He conscionable did what he thought was right.

At nan very least, moreover if you didn’t work together pinch really Kaepernick protested, you had to respect astatine slightest his connection and what he was consenting to sacrifice to guarantee everyone received it.

Nick Bosa doesn’t person that benignant of backbone.

On nan 1 hand, I can’t blasted him. I’d astir apt consciousness shame, too, if I supported personification who held a rally filled pinch sleazeballs who spewed racist, misogynistic, antisemitic dislike speech astir nan marginalized communities that make our state nan typical spot it is. I’d mobility why location was specified hatred successful my bosom and why I’d ever deliberation to support personification for illustration that successful nan first place.

But, past again, that’s intelligibly why Bosa felt truthful emboldened to deterioration nan chapeau successful nan first place. Those are his people. He’s no alien to nan benignant of hatred we saw during Sunday’s Trump rally astatine MSG and nan racist rhetoric we’ve seen from nan run complete these past fewer months.

Instead of embracing that and showing nan group who he really is erstwhile confronted pinch it, he ran from it. He couldn’t guidelines connected it. He didn’t want to talk astir it.

Not only is Nick Bosa a coward, but he’s besides personification who doesn’t merit immoderate of your respect. He surely doesn’t person mine.

They did Dwyane Wade dirty

The Miami Heat yet unveiled Dwyane Wade’s statue connected Sunday. It’s astir time. He’s nan top subordinate successful nan history of nan statement and 1 of nan champion players successful NBA history. He deserves a statue.

To beryllium honorable pinch you, I’m still not rather judge he sewage it. Because, y’all, who successful nan world is this?

That’s expected to beryllium Dwyane Wade doing nan full “This is my house” thing. But they sewage my boy looking for illustration a Goomba from nan 1993 Super Mario movie. This is simply a travesty.

THIS WAS SO AWKWARD: We’re each wondering “Who is that guy” correct on pinch D Wade.

Paul Pierce says this statue needs to beryllium touched up and I couldn’t work together more. Somebody please hole this.

Jaylon Johnson is simply a awesome teammate

Because, fto maine show you, if my squad conscionable mislaid connected a Hail Mary wherever personification was wide unfastened successful nan backmost of nan endzone? Somebody is getting thrown nether nan bus.

Johnson took nan precocious road, though, our Robert Zeglinski writes. He didn’t pin nan work connected anyone— he conscionable pointed retired that nan Bears needed to beryllium better.

“There should ne'er beryllium personification wide unfastened successful nan backmost of nan extremity zone. Plus we conscionable didn’t execute it good capable astatine nan extremity of nan day. I can’t show you who was expected to beryllium there. I don’t know. But astatine nan extremity of nan day, location should ne'er beryllium anybody wide unfastened successful nan backmost of nan extremity zone. We’ve each sewage to find a measurement to execute amended down nan stretch.”

He’s amended than me. Because I’m pointing the digit correct astatine Tyrique Stevenson.

I’m conscionable petty. Forgive me.

AMERICA’S HAIL MARY: Jayden Daniels whitethorn person conscionable decided nan predetermination pinch this one.

Quick hits: The 6 ugliest sports statues … nan Pistons still stink … and more

— Charles Curtis has nan six ugliest statues for players here. Hi, Cristiano Ronaldo.

— Prince Grimes says nan Pistons are taking again and person Cooper Flagg successful their sights. 

— Matt Eberflus blaming nan Bears players for nan Hail Mary benignant of sucks, Robert Zeglinski writes.

— Dolphins fans were truthful happy that Tua Tagovailoa really practiced self-preservation for once. Christian D’Andrea has more.

— Could Stephanie White beryllium Caitlin Clark’s adjacent coach? Prince Grimes says there’s a chance.

— Anthony Richardson taking a breather because he was tired is excessively funny. Andrew Joseph has more.

That’s a wrap, folks. Thanks truthful overmuch for reference today. Appreciate you. Have a awesome Monday. Peace.

-Sykes ✌️