The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hollins’ revisionist history
Falcons wide receiver Mack Hollins tried to explain his sideline blowup at Ridder during the Jaguars game this past Sunday by first blaming the media.
“Ya’ll did it,” Hollins said. “Ya’ll the ones that wrote it up. We don’t fool with Des. There was never anything.”
Af er Ridder overthrew an open Hollins, Ridder tried to give Hollins a fist-bump, but Hollins wanted no part of the love.
But several days after the fact Wednesday, Hollins tried to paint an altogether wholesome picture.
“I know what my intentions were, and my intentions weren’t toward Des,” Hollins said. “It was like no matter who would have walked there, that would have happened because I was kind of at that boiling point. Like it’s 17-0, and we are not playing anywhere like what we have at that point. We had like 10 plays. That’s just not our standard.”
Hollins did admit to being frustrated. The underthrown pass nearly was intercepted.
“But my frustration was
… I think it got turned into, he missed you on that post,” Hollins said. “But I can care less about that. My frustration (was) here we are 17-0. Ninehour flight, and it seems like we’re still asleep on the flight. It was like, everybody wake up.”
Here’s where Hollins’ version gets odder.
“If the clip would have rolled on longer, it would have been me following Des down to where he sits,” Hollins said. “‘Bro, you missed me on that (expletive) post. This is (expletive).’ I literally like stood and rotated to everybody and was (like), look guys we need to wake up. We are getting embarrassed honestly.
“We flew all the way over here to win a ballgame. Not to just go through the motions. We’re too good of a team to just allow this to happen. Like 17-0, you could just go out there with no game plan and find a way to score seven points. Why are we playing at that level that standard? That’s why I was frustrated. Des clearly had nothing to do with it.”