Richie Incognito
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examination after an incident at a Florida gym.
Boca Raton police spokeswoman Jessica Desir said officers received a call Wednesday morning from a patron at Life Time Gym about a disturbance involving
Incognito. He was taken into custody under Florida’s Baker Act, which allows for
involuntary psychiatric commitment for people seen as a danger to themselves or
others. She did not have details about the disturbance.
The 34-year-old Incognito announced this year that he was retiring after 11 seasons in the NFL, the last three with the Buffalo Bills. The Bills released
him from their reserved/retired list on Monday, leaving open the possibility he
could sign with another team.
The four-time Pro Bowl selection has had a series of troubles. Incognito was among the players identified for targeting teammate Jonathan Martin in the Miami
Dolphins’ bullying scandal during the 2013 season. The NFL suspended Incognito
for the final half of the season and he was eventually released by Miami before
being reinstated by the league the following offseason.
Incognito was out of football for 18 months before the Bills provided him a second chance by signing him to a one-year contract.
Incognito has been on a downward spiral for much of this offseason.
His closest friend on the Bills, center Eric Wood, is being forced into retirement after being diagnosed with a career-ending neck injury in
January.
The Bills also asked Incognito to take a pay cut in restructuring the final year of his contract. Incognito initially backed the agreement by posting a note
on Twitter saying he was ”thrilled to be returning this season and fired up to
get back to work with my Buffalo Bills brothers.”
He, however, had a change of heart weeks later when Incognito abruptly fired agent David Dunn in a post on Twitter.
A week later, Incognito posted a series of vague Tweets which eventually led to him announcing his retirement. He included the accounts of the NFL Players’
Association and the union’s assistant executive director, George Atallah, by
posting a note that read
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He sent the same message in a text to The Associated Press later in the day.
Incognito continued posting a variety of tweets over the next five days before abruptly stopping. He hasn’t tweeted since posting his last messages on
April 15, in which he said he was visiting his mother in New Jersey.
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A crowd of reporters around his locker, Robert Nkemdiche was asked what he learned the first two years in the NFL.
”I learned I was terrible,” he said.
He was joking. Everyone laughed.
But, with a new coaching staff giving the big defensive tackle a clean slate, this is a big season for the former first-round draft pick to prove to the
Cardinals that they were right to select him 29th overall out of Mississippi in
2017.
There have been no breakout performances, just a big play here and there – he returned an Eli Manning fumble for a TD last season – and there have been too
many mistakes, including way too many offside penalties. In 17 career games, he
has 12 tackles, four of them solo, and zero sacks.
He knows it is time to show he’s better than that or risk forever being saddled as a ”draft bust.”
If the mammoth player – 6-foot-4
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”I try to stay away from the analogies of guys who are busts because everybody has their own projection of how they see guys,” Cardinals first-year
head coach Steve Wilks said after Monday’s practice, the team’s first in pads.
”In a short period of time of being around Robert, I think he’s a tremendous
player. I think he’s locked in, he’s focused. I think he’s doing well and I
think he’s going to be a good player for us this year.”
Nkemdiche won’t call this a make-or-break season, but he has learned a lot about what it takes to succeed in the trenches at the game’s highest level.
”It’s a big step,” he said of this coming season. ”It’s not really technically pressure. It’s just me wanting to be good, me wanting to give back
to these guys, and all the guys who put in work for me, and give back to the
coaches, people who believe in me and really just resting that case and being
the player I know I can be.
”There’s really no pressure
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Nkemdiche has his quirks, including colorfully braided hair and a nose ring. He likes shopping at Goodwill.
Nkemdiche is not that stereotypical growling monster of a human that people believe play defensive tackle in this violent game. But he wants to be good and
insists he is a severe critic of himself.
He blames his two unproductive seasons on injuries and ”some things I could have did better.”
”Just being a more polished player, as in the whole perspective and really just growing as a dude, as a person,” he said. ”It’s cool. Things have slowed
down a little bit and it’s fun. I can actually see what’s going on. It’s not
like a blur.”
He should take some solace in the case of Arizona teammate D.J. Humphries. The Cardinals drafted the big tackle out of Florida in the first round (24th
overall) in 2015 but he didn’t even suit up for a game as a rookie- the
Cardinals coaches were convinced he didn’t have the maturity yet to play in the
league. But the next season he was the starter at right tackle and eventually
was moved to the left side. Injuries limited him to five games last year, but he
has evolved into the Cardinals’ best offensive lineman and anchors that unit at
left tackle this year.
Wilks has said he doesn’t mind players with a few quirks, that he would ”let Robert be Robert” as long as he continues to work hard to get better. So far, so
good.
The coach said after Monday’s workout that he’s encouraged.
”His commitment,” Wilks said. ”He’s trying to do it our way. Change sometimes is hard for everyone and I think he’s embraced that. He meets a lot with coach
(Don) Johnson. His energy on the football field is phenomenal and he’s trying to
pay attention to details. You just got to make sure he’s consistent and
concentrates and doesn’t jump offside. That’s one of the concerns.”
So it’s details, details, details for Nkemdiche
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”Do it on Sunday,” he said. ”When it’s game time, show up and play ball. It’s a very simple concept, just go out there and be a dog, be a disruptive force,
play every play at extreme capacity.”
And don’t jump offside.
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