McManamon's post is beyond silly with respect to if it's a misdemeanor or a felony. What's the difference? Petty theft, for one, is a misdemeanor. So are you telling me that if Bodden ripped off a guy's $400 car stereo instead of scuffling with some cops, it should still be business as usual? Yeah, give the guy a $50 NFL fine. That'll teach him not to humiliate the league.

Commissioner Goodell has made player conduct an important issue, and I think that cooperating with the police is well within the bounds of this issue. And Bodden failed in this aspect, and deserves a 1 game suspension as a result.

Odd, but that's pretty much the exact same thing you said when Ryan Tucker was busy turning his own ass into a pin cushion. Then said he did it because antidepressants were turning his testosterone count into the range of a little boy. Uhhh … O.K. Not quite the dog ate my homework, but if Pat says he believes him, then what the hell, I believe him, too.

Face it, Pat, you don't "know" these guys. I remember when Bill Livingston's hero, Julius Erving, a guy that he covered for years while on the 76ers beat, was caught being The Doctor. Of Love. This after reading numerous Livingston's PD columns saying how great of a human being he was. Not just the player, but the man. Then Livingston broke down and had to write a column saying the same thing you're saying. He thought he knew Julius Erving. Well, it turned out he didn't know him. Not by a longshot.

So please, Pat, for the love of God, can you stop giving all these guys your easy benefit of the doubt? You're basing your assumptions and conclusions upon illusions you've created in your own head. Contrary to what you may believe, you don't know them.