Four days after the fact, the Seattle Seahawks released a statement. Four days after Chad Wheeler, an offensive lineman on Seattle’s roster for the past two seasons was arrested for an allegedly heinous attack on his girlfriend, the Seahawks said ... something.
It was a little more than their perfunctory “we are aware of the situation and gathering information” from Monday, after news spread of Wheeler’s arrest, but not much.
And if we’re being pessimistic, given the Seahawks’ history with other players accused of domestic violence, it came only after a swell of outrage on social media that saw Wheeler’s name a trending topic on Twitter, and thousands wondering what the Seahawks and NFL were waiting for in terms of discipline for the backup lineman.