{"id":3601,"date":"2022-06-14T16:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2022-06-14T16:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:15:58","slug":"jack-del-rio-apologizes-to-commanders-players-for-jan-6th-dust-up-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/jack-del-rio-apologizes-to-commanders-players-for-jan-6th-dust-up-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Del Rio Apologizes To Commanders&#8217; Players For Jan. 6th Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack Del Rio has been backpedaling like his defensive backs ever since his January 6th &#8220;dust up&#8221; comments went viral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, before the January 6th hearings began, <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/jack-del-rios-have-always-existed-in-sports-and-need-to-be-exposed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Del Rio decided to insert himself into the conversation<\/a> by first bringing up the protests after George Floyd&#8217;s murder. Then he doubled down by calling the attempted coup on January 6th a &#8220;dust up&#8221; a day before the hearings began. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/jack-del-rios-right-to-free-speech-includes-the-right-to-get-checked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that&#8217;s when he got chin checked<\/a> by everyone outside of the MAGA and insurrection-denying crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After watching the first day of the January 6th hearings, everyone should understand just how dismissive, belittling and ignorant Jack Del Rio&#39;s &quot;dust up&quot; comment was and hold him accountable.<br><br>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jan6thHearings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jan6thHearings<\/a> and sports \ud83e\uddf5 1\/5<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3QaUj5ShvY\">https:\/\/t.co\/3QaUj5ShvY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; First and Pen (@firstandpen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstandpen\/status\/1535080915793154048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made a half-hearted apology but no one was having it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstandpen\/status\/1535334863166918659\">fined him $100,000<\/a> for his ignorant remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hall of Famer Ed Reed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwentyER\/status\/1535600769252184065\">blasted him on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the heat intensified, Del Rio deleted his Twitter account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the damage was done.<\/p><div id=\"first-1660815646\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, according to Rivera, Jack Del Rio addressed the Washington Commanders football team and apologized for his January 6th comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivera also noted that Del Rio met with some players individually to discuss the remarks that earned him the $100k fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was very open, very forthright, very contrite and apologized and opened himself up to questions or opportunities for any players to come in and meet with him,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/nfl\/vp-nw-commanders-del-rio-remarks-20220614-shgp3hi67bgnlkz2b64jfijwny-story.html\">Rivera told reporters<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s already met with some of our players and talked to some of them about what was said. I\u2019ve been told those meetings went very, very well. And so I\u2019m very pleased with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Commanders&#8217; head coach appeared satisfied with Del Rio&#8217;s apology and the latter&#8217;s understanding that words have consequences.<\/p><div id=\"first-3594782034\" class=\"first-content_2 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream3 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m about reconciliation,\u201d said Rivera. \u201cWe have to understand that when we do things like this, it impacts the community as well. We got to make sure the community understands that we understand and we get it. That\u2019s important. So this was really about taking accountability and holding ourselves accountable, and then going forward and trying to reconcile with things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters of Del Rio came to his defense with cries of First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the right to free speech also comes with the right to be checked, which is what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully Jack Del Rio, and others who want to spout ignorance, learn their lesson.<\/p><div id=\"first-3408442538\" class=\"first-content_3 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream4 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this current America, that&#8217;s a huge hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Del Rio has been backpedaling like his defensive backs ever since his January 6th &#8220;dust up&#8221; comments went viral. 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