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Only 'fall guy' in this scenario is you, Cris Carter

Bob Glauber

Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter has been skewered -- and rightly so, I might add -- for his remarks at last year's NFL Rookie Symposium, where he told players that they should have a "fall guy" willing to go to jail. It was a dumb thing to say, and after being lambasted for his comments, Carter apologized on Twitter for sending the wrong message.

And make no mistake, it was the wrong message, even if Carter was actually trying to help the rookie class avoid the kind of problems that Carter went through during his early days in the NFL.