Four days ago, I had no idea who Danny Ware was. Before last weekend, apparently, he was just a running back sequestered on the Giants practice squad. Now he's the guy who was arrested for being drunk while standing in oncoming traffic at two in the morning. No idea what would possess anybody to do that (well, other than to get their mind right for the big game), but at least he wasn't wearing his uniform, so there's that.
Whatever, Ware tells the New York Post that the full story has yet to be told (I mean, there has to be a completely logical explanation for this; 24-year-old professional athletes just don't get drunk and start doing stupid stuff for no reason.)
"The truth is going to come out," said Ware, who was arrested along with a woman for drunken conduct and because they seemed oblivious to traffic that had to steer around them as they stood in the street talking, police told the Athens Banner Herald. His court case is later this month. ... "Everybody sees the comments," Ware said. "You can have your own opinion. But the truth's going to come out, we'll just have to wait."
And wait I will.
In the meantime, I thought I'd point out that Peter King is apparently a Ware supporter. In his MMQB, Tuesday Edition e-mailbag, he suggested the Steelers might want to give serious consideration to trading for Ware in light of having one healthy running back on the roster following the Monday night Ravens game.
Pittsburgh has since signed Najeh Davenport and Gary Russell, two players very familiar with the offense. Why King thought the team would give up players or draft picks to restock the position instead of, you know, inking some guys off the street/practice squad is, well, bizarre.
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Of course, more than a year ago, King also implied that Daunte Culpepper would be a better backup quarterback for the Steelers than Charlie Batch, and on Tuesday he called Kendall Simmons "the best player on [Pittsburgh's] line."
For those of us who actually watch Steelers games, Simmons' best season was in 2002, his rookie year. He blew out his ACL prior to the 2004 season and the team somehow managed to go 15-1. In 2006 and 2007, he was part of a crew that gave up close to two million sacks, and most observers would point to him as the weakest link.
Disregarding all that, though, King is spot on. Next stop: Detroit Lions general manager!
