Now we have two teams that reportedly won’t go near Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon. The Patriots will not even consider drafting him, according to a source who spoke with Jeff Howe of The Boston Herald. 
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Earlier this week, we learned that the Dolphins have also removed Mixon from consideration. Of course, it’s easy to take Mixon off the board when you already have talent at the running back position and that’s the case for both AFC East clubs. The Dolphins have Jay Ajayi and Kenyan Drake on the depth chart while the Patriots have plenty of depth with free agent pickup Rex Burkhead, James White, Dion Lewis, and DJ Foster.
For other teams looking for an impact player in the backfield, the moral conundrum isn’t quite as easy to sort out. Mixon, despite his red flags and potential for a PR nightmare, is one of the most talented running backs in this year’s class. The Sooners star could be available after Leonard Fournette, D’Onta Foreman, Dalvin Cook, and Christian McCaffrey are all off the board. In terms of talent, one could argue that he offers higher upside than at least two of those well-regarded backs.
When asked about Mixon this week, Patriots owner Robert Kraft declined to speak specifically about him, but he did reiterate his stance against domestic violence.
“While I believe in second chances and giving players an opportunity for redemption, I also believe that playing in the NFL is a privilege, not a right,” Kraft said. “For me, personally, I believe that privilege is lost for men who have a history of abusing women.”
Kraft hit it right on the head I just wish some of these players knew it it
Didn’t she hit him first, twice?
Not everyone sees it that way. There are people out there who think men should never harm a women. I believe in that to a certain extent. If she was slapping the crap out of him I could see a retaliation, but once or twice, there’s other ways to solve that.
Ou student here. She provoked him and slapped him, but you have to be the bigger person, especially as an athlete. I do firmly believe Mixon will be a top 7-3 tailback in time, he’s that talented. Personally, I think he’s learned his lesson but to a large amount of people doing what he did can’t be forgiven.
Who determines exactly what a person’s response should or should not be when attacked? The attacker’s gender is irrelevant. Don’t make the attack if you can’t handle the response.
are u kidding me? a real man doesn’t hit a woman. if he can take getting tackled by linebackers, he can take a couple slaps from anyone, let alone a woman. glad to hear Pats won’t consider him. bad choices have consequences
Exactly. Bad choices have consequences. When anybody hits another there is no predicting exactly what the response, and therefore those consequences will be, and gender is irrelevant.
There were claims this all started with him yelling homophobic remarks at the woman’s friend, then it escalated and was believe she yelled racial slurs back, in which he took more offense and took a swing. I believe she did have initial contact, although I believe both sides were in the wrong.
who cares if she hit him. a man isn’t supposed to Kay a hand on a women. end of discussion.
But it’s okay to sexually assault/grope women like Julian Edelman did?
This is the same
team that had Donte Stallworth on their roster at one time? Why didn’t they. just.not draft him instead of talking about it! They are trying to improve their image.
Big difference between beating women and drunk driving. Duh
Not to mention the drunk driving accident happened AFTER he left the Patriots. He did came back for 1 game a few years later but again, so far from a reasonable comparison that You must just be trolling.
Donte Stallworth killed somebody you idiot
After he left the pats you idiot
By no means am I saying any male should hit a woman, nor am i trying to troll. There needs to be something done about this legitimately not just NFL but the government needs to end this, its ridiculous that a woman can beat up on a man and he cant do anything physical, theres a chance that the woman that was beating up on Mr. Mixon has completely ruined his chances of his dream career, how is that okay? Hope Solo was involved in domestic violence but she was playing soccer again within a year yet we have guys like Hardy, Mixon and Rice who cant even get an opportunity after 3 years!
In my opinion if you beat up on somebody you cant play the victim when said person hits back regardless of gender
Men should not hit women, period! There isn’t anything a woman can do to a man to warrant a slap or punch! It’s not even debatable!
Women should not hit men.
Of course! But, if they do, men should not hit back!
Why shouldn’t they? Gender is irrelevant when attacked.
Run a man over with a car?
Shoot him?
Nothing?
It is time for us too forgive, too turn the other cheek. A poor decision made by a young man, too haunt him a lifetime, how much is enough..? Are we not bigger than this one moment of weakness..? I’ll be the first to offer an olive branch too this misguided lost soul…won’t you join me…friend..? – Ray Rice Please send all replies/offers too c/o my agent…
Except it is more than debatable. If women truly wanted equality they would give up all their special privileges. Self Defense is self defense.
@BayAreaSportsFan….You’re an idiot! I’m sure your mom is so proud of you.
ditto. I’ll go out on a limb and assume Mixon wasn’t fearing for his safety when he hit her
if you think it was even remotely an issue of self defense, you haven’t seen the video
She hit him first. That is self defense, and once you attack someone there is no predicting exactly how that will react.
Agreed. Self defense is self defense and gender is irrelevant.
Kind of hard to punch someone if you’re dead.
The Patriots only tolerate murderers and drunk drivers.
@MauiDan…another idiot! attacked? He was slapped by a 100 lb female. Definitely not attacked! we should not hit women because we are at least twice as strong as they are and they could literally die by one of our punches! if you think it ok because “gender is irrelevant” then your parents or parent did a horrible job of raising you!
So then what if she, after he did nothing in response, decided to pick up, say, a sugar shaker and hit him with it? Since he didn’t do anything about it the first time, she may have figured he wouldn’t do anything about it then either, so what’s to stop her? That OK with you?
@MauiDan…He could press charges for assault if he’s attacked with an object. And no it’s not ok with me. There is always a better way to deal with women who act as she did and knocking her out isn’t the way to deal with it.
I’m sorry, pressing charges after the fact doesn’t prevent the actual damaging attack, and since she had balls enough to hit him in the first place, there was nothing to prevent another blow by her other than his reactive blow. I do not want women to be hit, at all, but once any person is attacked there is no predicting how that person will react. So just don’t do it.
And don’t go crying about a man hitting you after you hit him first. No matter how hard you hit him and then he hit you back, just remember, you started it so you get what you deserve.
Are we certain that the person he hit even identifies as a woman???
@MauiDan…wow, you’re not gonna let this one go huh? I would never cold-cock someone like that sorry @ss did! It has always been toe to toe. That’s how real men do it! And, real men don’t hit women no matter what! Let this one go Dan. We just see it differently.