The Dallas Cowboys jumped the gun when they cut Lucky Whitehead on Monday after reports surfaced that he had a warrant out of for his arrest.
Both Whitehead and his lawyer made it clear he didn’t commit any crime and that he wasn’t even in the state of Virginia when the crime occurred. By Tuesday, police confirmed they had the wrong guy.
Not surprisingly, Whitehead feels betrayed.
Jon Machota of the Dallas Morning News spoke to Whitehead on the phone. The former Cowboys receiver revealed he was basically called a liar about the entire thing.
Just got off the phone w/ Lucky Whitehead: "No one had my back..I didn’t even get to clear my name…I was pretty much being called a liar."
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 25, 2017
With the way things went down and how quickly he was released by the Cowboys, Lucky Whitehead questions the "mantras" posted around The Star
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 25, 2017
Lucky Whitehead: "By 12:45 I figured out that this is even going on. By 2:30 I was released. What’s the real reason? Let me clear my name."
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 25, 2017
Lucky disappointed Cowboys didn't have his back: "I don't want to say my teammates.They believed me. As far as how it was handled? Come on."
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) July 25, 2017
It’s worth pointing out that there was potentially other stuff going on that might have something to do with why the ‘Boys were so quick to cut Whitehead.
One such case came last December, after he slept thru Saturday meetings/walkthru, was left home for Giants game. This was just final straw.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) July 25, 2017
Still, one can’t help but feel the Cowboys wrongfully used Whitehead to make an example after recent comments that they are building a “high-character” team that doesn’t tolerate off-field issues.
We don’t blame Whitehead for feeling the way he does.