OT: Phillip Merling charged with aggravated battery against pregnant girlfriend - New England Patriots Forums

***Rob0729*** · 05-27-2010, 11:08 AM

Apparently the Dolphins were concerned that the Jets would have the scumbags in the division. Merling was arrested last night for allegedgely battering his pregnant girlfriend. With him and Brandon Marshall, the Dolphins are starting to acquire quite a few women abusers.

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***ctpatsfan77*** · 05-27-2010, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by free bet

It just happens over and over again, amazing....these players just keep on making these sort of mistakes....no culture, no education...

Even some past Patriots have been arrested over such things. [For those of you still p***ed at the Patriots drafting Matt Slater, blame Willie Andrews for taking the express train to Crazytown.]

Synovia · 05-27-2010, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by free bet

It just happens over and over again, amazing....these players just keep on making these sort of mistakes....no culture, no education...

Do I have to post the stats again showing that NFL players commit crimes at roughly half the rate of the general populace?

Yeah, Phillip Merling is a colossal assclown, but so is a large percentage of the population.

WhiZa · 05-27-2010, 12:19 PM

He's just mad they drafted odrick

***KontradictioN*** · 05-27-2010, 12:20 PM

It's like the old saying goes. "Before you become a world beater, you have to become a woman beater".

That's the old, saying. Isn't it?

Mangold74 · 05-27-2010, 02:25 PM

If this was a jets player we would have a 20 page thread about how the Jets chemistry issues would destroy their team. How many Dolphins players have had problems with the law? Parcells doesn't seem to have much regard for a players background.

lillestroom · 05-27-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Mangold74

If this was a jets player we would have a 20 page thread about how the Jets chemistry issues would destroy their team. How many Dolphins players have had problems with the law? Parcells doesn't seem to have much regard for a players background.

I count 7 but there are probably more.

upstater1 · 05-27-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Synovia

Do I have to post the stats again showing that NFL players commit crimes at roughly half the rate of the general populace?

Yeah, Phillip Merling is a colossal assclown, but so is a large percentage of the population.

I would tend to dismiss such comparisons.

When you look at the number of drug offender criminals we have, I would begin by tossing out those guys and looking at burglaries and violent crimes.

Then there's the other obvious contextual information: most people who commit crimes aren't millionaires.