The Washington Commanders said Wednesday they have suspended an employee pending an internal investigation after he was shown making derogatory comments about players and fans in undercover video posted on social media.
Vice president of content Rael Enteen said in the video posted by O’Keefe Media Group that some players were dumb and homophobic and called fans “high school-educated alcoholics” and “mouth breathers.”
A team spokesperson said, “The language used in the video runs counter to our values at the Commanders organization” and that further comment will be reserved at this time.
James O’Keefe, who founded the company last year, told the Associated Press that the videos were taken during two dates in June in Washington. O’Keefe said Enteen and the woman who filmed the interactions met on a dating app.
Also in the video, Enteen criticized NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. He called Goodell “a $50 million puppet” and the league’s social justice efforts performative.
Enteen also said in the video that he believes Jones “hates gay people and Black people.”
A message sent to a league spokesperson seeking comment was not immediately returned.
The Cowboys did not respond to a request for comment.
Bright lights on Williams
Caleb Williams understands he needs to be a quick study. For that, the prized rookie will lean on his experience.
The Chicago Bears host the Tennessee Titans in their season-opener on Sunday and the spotlight that’s been shining on the quarterback drafted with the No. 1 overall pick figures to be that much brighter from this point.
“The ability to learn fast, I think that has grown over time,” Williams said Wednesday. “Obviously being in a bunch of different games, seeing a bunch of different films and things like that, I think that has helped. …
In high school I was a little bit more under center, I had a few more play-actions from under center and things like that.
In college, I was little bit more spread and throwing the ball around a lot more and seeing a bunch of different concepts of space and all these different things.
So I’ve gotten a bunch of different types of playing throughout my years, and I think that has helped me tremendously to be able to learn this offense.”
Now, it’s time to see how it all comes together.
The Bears have been waiting for this moment ever since they traded quarterback Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers in March. That cleared the way for them to draft Williams, the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner from Southern California.
No rookie quarterback has arrived in Chicago with this much anticipation. The Bears hadn’t drafted a player with the No. 1 overall pick since 1947,
when George Halas went with Oklahoma A&M halfback Bob Fenimore despite a knee injury that cut short his senior season.
The former All-American lasted just one year in the NFL. Chicago’s only other No. 1 pick was Michigan halfback Tom Harmon in 1941, another Heisman Trophy winner.
Teen arraigned in Pearsall shooting
A 17-year-old high school senior charged with attempted murder in the daytime weekend shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was arraigned in juvenile court Wednesday and said through his attorney that he was sorry for what happened.
The slight teen wore a green sweatshirt and green pants, looked straight ahead at the judge during the proceeding and did not turn around to acknowledge his parents, who were in the room.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged the teen on Tuesday with attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic weapon and attempted second-degree robbery. On Wednesday, her office added several gun-related charges.
Her office has not decided whether try the juvenile as an adult, saying they need time to investigate further and, if appropriate, petition the court to transfer the case to adult court. California law prevents prosecutors from charging a minor as an adult without judicial approval.
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