I mean, idk my guy, maybe don’t be an asshole in a game where your team’s chances of making it to the post hang in the balance…

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Man enough to push somebody around be man enough to take the consequences. What a little bitch!

Lots of these athletes are just man children. Never faced consequences and always had everyone fawning over them and covering up for their mistakes and attitudes.

"Why is the ref so mean?!"

Ever seen a child throw a tantrum because they were told to go to timeout? They cry, usually hit or throw something, and sulk all the way to timeout.This is the EXACT reaction you get from a child in that situation, like literally every emotion he emits in the tunnel is literally what a child going to timeout would do. Although, a child doesn't usually articulate their wrongdoings very transparently in an apology, which this player did, so I will at least acknowledge that.

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Walking down the tunnel it looks like he says “Why did I do that? Fuck!” Regardless though it was obvious he knew he fucked up, he wasn’t mad at the referee who threw him out.

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Kids do the same thing

Bro is 22 years old. I’m 25 and if you showed me video of some of the dumb shit I did 3 years ago I would hate myself for weeks. One year ago almost to the day he was playing the COLLEGE football championship. He’s an “adult”, but not really. That doesn’t excuse his actions, but with his apology there’s an obvious desire to improve and you have to respect that.

Yeah I acknowledged his apology in my initial comment

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Quay walker scored a 9 on the wonderlic which puts his iq at severe learning disability levels. He is very likely about as mature as a child of around 6 or 7 years old. It explains why he acts the way he does and honestly I’m not sure it’s safe for him or the people around him if he keeps playing a professional sport.

He’s talking about the literal reason Quay was ejected. Pushing a member of the lions training staff when he was trying to help a player that just got illegally clotheslined by another member of the defense.

And I had my daughter at 20 and had to grow up.

Don't give me age as an exuse when North of 20. I don't accept it

He’s living a different life than you. Sorry you couldn’t wrap it up properly and had a child that forced you to mature. Hope your daughter is doing well, and I hope that when she is 22 and makes a mistake you will help her.

What difference does his life make? 20 and over need to buck up and be adults. He is an immature little boy

Did you see the video of him leaving the stadium? If not we don't have much to talk about

He was mad at himself, as he should’ve been. He wasn’t cussing out the referee’s.

Did you see his public apology on Twitter? Did you see that he reached out to the Lions’ trainer on his own and apologized to him directly? If not then we don’t have much to talk about.

Did you watch his body language? It was that of a kid knowing they messed up and throwing a private temper tantrum. How his shoulders were slumped, how he walker, how he hit the wall, how he did that fist shake thing that sometimes comes with a foot stomp (he didn't stomp his foot though).

He was throwing a temper tantrum yes, he was mad at himself and that shows maturity, but save the tantrum for the locker room and away from cameras

Weirdo

I haven't seen a child push an athletic medic before. So in that sense, children are better.

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Further proof that a lot of these NFL players have mental issues before head injuries. The head injuries just compound the underlying issues further.

Kids are crying because they're mad they got in trouble. Quay was crying because he realized he fucked up and was distraught over it.

It's a huge difference.

Those are literally interchangeable things. You could switch quays name for kids and it would be the exact same.

No, they're not interchangeable. One shows accountability, the other doesn't. If you can't tell the difference there then you're not equipped to have this conversation.

What accountability are you referring to? Mouthing words in a tunnel? Or crying because you were caught doing something wrong?

Being mad at yourself for fucking up is the literal opposite of being mad at someone else because you got caught.

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It was obvious to anyone with emotional intelligence that he was breaking down because he was mad at himself for making a stupid mistake - not because he was mad at being punished. And that was confirmed when he stated that exact thing in his apology.

If you can't tell the difference between those two things, that's your problem, not mine. And it would also be kind of ironic, since you're criticizing Walker for his emotional immaturity while you're right there with him.

I don't think someone who takes personal digs at someone during discourse should be lecturing in maturity. Not once have I made this about you

One nfl player showing immaturity doesn’t imply mental illness nor does it prove other NFL players have a mental illness. Shit point you got there

Not excusing it in the slightest but I bet it is difficult with at least some in the NFL to deal with all that aggressive emotion on/off dozens of times a game.

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Crying like a 4 year old yelling “I didn’t do nothin.” Is not the sign of a mentally stable person. Get in reality. How many 24 year olds do you know that throw public temper tantrums while literally crying???

Oh I totally agree! However, self control and patience are built into every position and the very heart of the game. Patient QBs wait for their OL to create time in the pocket for laser throws. DBs wait in the backfield for openings to create turnovers. DL are taught how to make the appropriate tackles that create big plays with the least amount of damage to receivers and QBs. Controlling aggression is something that is more than second nature. Of course, tempers flare and things happen, but there’s a time and a place. Channel that energy elsewhere, not onto team staff who play vital roles and especially not into personal foul calls that help the other team win when your team’s playoff contention hangs in the balance. I’m actually a Green Bay fan, so this hurt to see, but ultimately you can’t hope for the best outcome if you’re not the best version of yourself, especially when it counts.

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“kid knowing they messed up” no shit. He was in the tunnel, he didn’t take his shirt off and throw up peace signs to the crowd bro.

“Well, well, well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions”.

Your back on this? Why do I care? He is an immature little bitch.

End of story for me. Nothing your say will change that opinion, so why waste your or my time?

I’m 24, you sound dumb as hell if one of my friends was crying like a little bitch about anything I’d have to stop communicating with them

Your emotional maturity is germane to your ability to evaluate and interpret the emotions of others.

I know you’re a basketball fan, but in football, you’re actually not allowed to shove medical personnel. Especially a week removed from when said personnel literally saved a players life. Hope this helps clear things up..

You don't stop experiencing intense emotions once you reach your twenties...

Either way, one data point is not sufficient to diagnose "NFL players" (do you really mean black people?) as all having a preexisting mental illness.

He said the same shit the FIRST time this happened.

What a fucking loser

What a child. Don’t act like an asshole to medical staff then cry when you get a consequence. He should be embarrassed as hell along with the other player that ran into the staff too.

Huh? I played football/sports. It’s not oh I’m playing a game right now, it’s okay to assault random people!

College students aren’t children. Former college students most definitely aren’t.

Walker should be suspended until the next half of the season.

Like a bitch.

That’s weird as fuck

I don’t mean black. I mean poor. People always trying to make everything about race. (You’re really telling on yourself). The divide in the USA is money not race. You’ll grow up and learn that one day.

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Ya to throw a temper tantrum as a grown ass adult I agree

Grown ass man, the last time any one I know cried like that we were probably 15

People are being hella hard on this guy for crying lol. It was a stupid mistake, but him crying about a HUGE COSTLY mistake makes sense to me, idk why that makes him a man-child. If any of us made a huge mistake in front of the country to cost our team the playoffs, we’d probably cry too

Lmao crying doesn’t make you weak, but keep up that “alpha male” attitude behind your phone screen weirdo.

Sure thing, bud

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He pushed him yes. Yes it was uncalled for. To call it assault is a stretch.

You don't know many 20 something year olds do you? They're almost all entitled brats who throw fits when things don't go their way.

Sounds like I’m not the one who doesn’t know 20 something’s. Crying tears in this situation is not normal.

You’d think it would happen 10 times a game in that case

This. I was a fucking dumb move and I think it’s possible he may be taking it out on himself.

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shut the fuck up

Lol what?

There are many pro sport athletes who have been able to do whatever they want and others that want to win cover for them.

He screwed up. Apologizing makes zero difference to me. Don’t screw up. People do, all the time, but an apology doesn’t make it disappear.

I don’t care if he owned it after. Don’t care. It was a stupid play by an asshat. He will forever be remembered by his actions, not his apology. The wife beater may apologize but that doesn’t eliminate his action. He’s still a wife beater.

Actions have consequences. I’m glad he got tossed and the team should cut him. He’s a disgrace. All these people touting his apology are just justifying excusing the behavior. He needs to grow up.