Jennings feels bad for kicker and family
One day after troubled kicker Josh Brown was finally cut by the Giants, running back Rashad Jennings reminded everyone of the collateral damage involved in that roster move.
Jennings, speaking at a special showing of the upcoming documentary “USO — For the Troops” at the U.S.S. Intrepid in Manhattan, said he felt “remorse” for Brown, who admittedly committed acts of domestic violence against his now ex-wife, Molly Brown, over the last few years.
“That’s a tough situation,” Jennings said Wednesday. “You have remorse for his family, him, his wife, his kids, everybody that’s involved, that’s really going to suffer more than the team will, more than the NFL will. You really have remorse for the effects of it.”
Jennings was speaking to the complexity of the situation: Molly Brown and Brown’s entire family now have had the sordid details of their private lives aired out in tabloids and on TV. And long-term, there are now no guarantees about Brown’s finances and his ability to support his ex-wife and children.
“I don’t have all the details (of Brown’s situation),” he said. “Either way, I do know 100 percent, domestic violence is nothing that in no way, shape or form that I support, it’s nothing that the New York Giants support.”
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Jennings said that’s been part of a “difficult” year for the Giants locker room, which is now regularly asked to sound off on social issues.
“It can be very difficult to answer hot topics like that,” he said. “This year, in that locker room, having to answer questions about the national anthem, (Colin) Kaepernick, domestic violence, racism . . . it’s a lot of topics going on this year.
“I felt the locker room has matured in a way of understanding . . . you don’t shy away from questions,” he added. “If you’re going to be bold, be bold, but do it with facts. Guys are quick to get facts. Guys talk. Guys will come up (and say) ‘Hey, I don’t know what to say, what I want to say.’”
Jennings knew what he wanted to say on Wednesday about the USO documentary, which airs on PBS on Nov. 7 and celebrates and studies the importance of the USO, an organization that supports a military that Jennings believes draws too little attention.
“The men and women that are the heroes are usually not the ones recognized,” he said, “especially in a social media driven world, TV shows, reality shows . . . you stop and forget the unsung heroes. I think this is a good opportunity for myself to show the support for our military.”