Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper, expected to fill the void left by injured No. 1 receiver Jeremy Maclin is in hot water after being filmed using a racist slur at a recent Kenny Chesney concert.
A visibly angered Cooper is caught on tape saying, "I will jump that fence and fight every n----r here." Cooper has owned up to his bad choice of words, and apologized on Twitter. A series of sorrowful tweets from Cooper read:
"I am so ashamed and disgusted with myself. I want to apologize. I have been offensive. I have apologized to my coach, Jeffrey Lurie, and"
"Howie roseman and to my teammates. I owe an apology to the fans and to this community. I am so ashamed, but there are no excuses. What I did"
"Was wrong and I will accept the consequences."
At the moment the Eagles organization has not commented on Cooper's actions, but it is safe to say they are not happy. With Maclin's torn ACL, and a three-way quarterback controversy between Michael Vick, Nick Foles and rookie Matt Barkley underway, the entire organization seems to be in flux.
Cooper is being counted on to replace Maclin's production, and serve as an alternative when new No. 1 target DeSean Jackson is being double-teamed.
Last year Cooper snagged 23 passes for 238 yards and three touchdowns. Maclin, on the other hand, had 69 grabs for 857 yards and seven scores. In that case, Cooper should watch his mouth, and spend his time with his nose in new head coach Chip Kelly's playbook instead of threatening to fight people at country concerts.
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