Sheldon Richardson is off to a terrible start. Fresh off of his suspension, word comes out about his legal problems. After practice on Friday Todd Bowles was asked about Sheldon. This is long, but with Todd Bowles being brand new, I felt the entire transcript was worth sharing.<\/p>\n
On his reaction to the news on Sheldon Richardson\u2026<\/strong> On if Richardson told him why he did not inform the organization about the incident\u2026<\/strong> On when he found out about the incident involving Richardson\u2026<\/strong> On if he was upset that Richardson did not tell him\u2026<\/strong> On if the team plans to discipline Richardson\u2026<\/strong> On if he expects the league to add on to Richardson\u2019s current suspension\u2026<\/strong> On how he can trust Richardson based on his actions\u2026<\/strong> On if he has addressed this incident with Richardson directly\u2026<\/strong> On what Richardson shared with him regarding the incident\u2026<\/strong> On if he is concerned that Richardson will fail another drug test\u2026<\/strong> On if he gave any thought to sitting Richardson out of practice today\u2026<\/strong> On what can be done to help Richardson\u2026<\/strong> On if he\u2019s floored about how closely this happened after Richardson\u2019s original suspension\u2026<\/strong> On if he believes Richardson is dealing with personal issues\u2026<\/strong> On if he got the sense that Richardson wants to be helped\u2026<\/strong> On if he talked to Richardson last night or this morning\u2026<\/strong> On if he believes Richardson will play for him this year\u2026<\/strong> On what he believes went through Richardson\u2019s mind when he said he would not be in the media again\u2026<\/strong> On if Richardson explained why he concealed it from the team\u2026<\/strong> On if he has heard from the league yet\u2026<\/strong> On whether Richardson was upset when they spoke\u2026<\/strong> On what he thinks the root of Richardson\u2019s problem is\u2026<\/strong> Sheldon Richardson is off to a terrible start. Fresh off of his suspension, word comes out about his legal problems. After practice on Friday Todd Bowles was asked about Sheldon. This is long, but with Todd Bowles being brand new, I felt the entire transcript was worth sharing. On his reaction to the news on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1948,213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/5.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-7CP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29317,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29315\/revisions\/29317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt was disappointing. If it happens two times in that time span, it\u2019s be more about Sheldon the man as opposed to Sheldon the player. That\u2019s the biggest thing. If you have children you know, when you say things, they\u2019re going to disappoint you and you have to come back.<\/strong> Right now I\u2019m just worried about getting him help. He needs the help. I\u2019m not even worried about the football player. Like I said, we can win without him. It would probably be more fun with him, but we\u2019re prepared to win without him. The biggest thing is working on getting him better as a person. When things like that happen, (the focus) is not when he\u2019s getting back on the field, it\u2019s can he get his life together. That\u2019s the biggest thing.<\/p>\n
\nNo, he didn\u2019t tell me why. We talked about what happened, but he didn\u2019t tell me why. That\u2019s something he has to deal with and obviously it\u2019s a problem there and we have to try to help him.<\/p>\n
\nI found out about an hour after interviews yesterday.<\/p>\n
\nI mean, it surprised me. It\u2019s upsetting because it\u2019s disappointing that it\u2019s back to back. He has to live with that and there\u2019s no way around that. You can\u2019t defend that. I\u2019m not trying to. I just hope he gets better and understands as a person. I\u2019m more worried about the man than I am the player.<\/p>\n
\nWe\u2019re going to wait and see how it plays out. Obviously, the league will be involved with that and the Missouri police department will be involved with that. We\u2019ll wait to see what our actions are after that.<\/p>\n
\nI have no idea at this point. We\u2019re going to let it play out and we\u2019ll probably go from there.<\/p>\n
\nYou lose a lot of trust. As I said, actions speak louder than words. As a man, you have to own up to what you\u2019ve done and not only own up to it, but you have to show change through actions. People are not going to believe anything you say in that regard. Just like your children, you\u2019re going to be disappointed. Over time, you have to show progress and great progress. You\u2019re not just going to take anybody\u2019s word for it anymore. He has to face his teammates. He has to face his coaching staff. He has to face his family. From that regard, you have to try to get better as a person.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve addressed it with him. We talked to the team and we had a good conversation.<\/p>\n
\nNo, pretty much (what I heard that) happened is what he offered that happened. There are 10 different stories around. The report is what it is. You just have to deal with it.<\/p>\n
\nI have concerns about him just being a better person. If he fails another drug test, he\u2019s going down the wrong road. Those are demons you have to live with and sometimes things spark and make you a better person and there are sometimes you spiral the other way. Again, I\u2019m not worried about him being able to get back on the field. I\u2019m worried about him failing or passing becoming a better man. That\u2019s the biggest thing here, him becoming a better person so that he can live the rest of his life, at 24, 25 years old, that\u2019s tough. I\u2019m sure we all got away with some things and he\u2019s not gotten away with them. It hasn\u2019t been smart, it hasn\u2019t been clear in the head and clearly he needs some help. You have to try and help someone like that as a person. Like I said before, we\u2019re prepared to win without him. It\u2019d be more fun with him, but one person cannot make our team.<\/p>\n
\nNo, he\u2019s had time to think about what he\u2019s done. It came out yesterday. It\u2019s been a while since it happened. Right now, what\u2019s best for him is to stay normal and stay around things that he does so that you can keep a better eye on him.<\/p>\n
\nYou try to reach him. You try to reach him like you try to reach your children. You understand the realities of the situation and try to see where he goes wrong. I\u2019m sure he has great family support but you can only help a person if they want to be helped. You can take them down a road and give them all the advice you want, but the first part is them reaching out and wanting the help and accepting the help. That\u2019s the thing you have to try to deal with. You don\u2019t give up trying to help anybody be a better person. You don\u2019t worry about the football stuff because the police department and the league, whatever disciplinary actions that come down take care of themselves. You\u2019re not worried about the legal part of it or getting him on the field, or when he\u2019s ready to play. We\u2019re just worried about helping the guy become a better man.<\/p>\n
\nYou\u2019re not floored, things are going to happen in this league every day and you see it in the news all the time. People are disappointed and you come to grips with it and you deal with it and move on.<\/p>\n
\nI did not get that feeling, no.<\/p>\n
\nAll you can do is listen to him. You don\u2019t get a sense because given a sense means that you actually believe him and there\u2019s hope there but you have to wait until days, even weeks, even months to pass by for him to make a change for the better, accept the help and see change. So, at this stage of the game, after two disappointments in a row, you have to go through actions and you have to try to help him and we have to go from there. We have to try to help him become a better guy.<\/p>\n
\nWe talked yesterday.<\/p>\n
\nI have no idea, we\u2019ll let the league and legal action take care of itself. I\u2019ll probably be able to answer that in a couple weeks or couple months, whenever they make that decision.<\/p>\n
\nI guess clearly, he was wrong. Sometimes it\u2019s hard for a person that does everything on their own to ask for help. In his mind, obviously, it was denial and clearly he has a problem. That\u2019s what we have to try and help him with. It was wrong and you know it was embarrassing for him to say that and then it to happen. I guess the timing of it all wouldn\u2019t have been anymore embarrassing had he said something and then it came out. Right now, it is what it is as far as what happened and it\u2019s not going to change anything. Nobody condones it and nobody tolerates it. It\u2019s up to the guy. Clearly right now, this is not a football issue, it\u2019s more of a personal issue.<\/p>\n
\nNot really, he explained what happened and sometimes people can\u2019t put things into words the right way. Hopefully, over the course of the next couple days, a couple things become more clear and we try to sit down and reach each other and move forward from there.<\/p>\n
\nNot yet, no.<\/p>\n
\nHe was remorseful. It\u2019s hard to say a guy\u2019s a good guy when two things like this happen, but he\u2019s a good guy. But good guys don\u2019t always do the right things. He\u2019s a young man. You don\u2019t get too many chances to turn your life around. Right now, he\u2019s going down a spiraling road and he understands, or he needs to understand, that he needs to turn his life around and this has nothing to do with football.<\/p>\n
\nI wish I knew the answer right now but after two things just happening and (without spending) a lot of time around Sheldon, me just getting here and understanding him. (After) I\u2019ve spent the summer with him, I\u2019ll probably have a better feel as the days go on. Hopefully, I will get a better feel, but I\u2019m here for him, the team is here for him and we\u2019re not here for him in a football way, we\u2019re here for him in a sensible way to see if we can get him on the straight and narrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"