The Dolphins suspended guard Richie Incognito indefinitely, and on Monday reports surfaced that he had sent threatening and racist messages to teammate Jonathan Martin.
Former NFL player and SN contributor Ross Tucker told host Rayven Tirado that Incognito has been known as a dirty player on the field, but it’s his off-field actions that are truly troubling.
“There are a lot of different things at play here,” Tucker said. “There’s rookie hazing, and there’s terms of rookies paying money, then there’s other situations where you get bullied on the field. No matter what, my initial reaction was, right or wrong, it’s a situation where Jonathan Martin needs to stand up for himself.
"I’m not blaming the victim. I’m just saying, based on my experience, the quickest way to resolve that issue, and he might not be comfortable doing it, would be to stand up for himself.”