The Daily WTF: Edwards Explodes on Givens; LeBron Responds

Braylon Edwards spent a lot of last season dropping passes.

Looks like he’s found something new to drop: people.

Edwards was out late on Sunday night, after his team had just fallen to 0-4. Early Monday morning, he got into a skirmish with Edward Givens, a promoter in the Cleveland area.

Givens is a good friend of LeBron James, and the King was quick to counter with a jab of his own. He caught the attention of nearly every media outlet in the nation when he called Edwards' violent actions “childish. My friend is 130 pounds.”

We need to look no further than the ever-reliable source of quotes and concrete information, Twitter, for a rebuttal from Edwards, where he says “I have no issue with LeBron. I respect and admire him.”

The league is looking into the matter and will hand down a decision on the matter when all the dust has settled.

The Daily WTF goes to…

Braylon Edwards. No surprise here.

Regardless of whether or not this story turns out to be 100 percent true, Edwards has been involved in many other off-field incidents in the past. Having paid a $150 fine and 30 hours of community service for driving 120 mph, it’s clear that Edwards doesn’t make the brightest decisions.

Throwing a punch is no different.

That’s where the line is crossed between acceptable and unacceptable. Ask anyone from Tom Cable to LeGarrette Blount about how one punch can give you as much bad publicity as, or even more than, Britney Spears.

He was even picking a fight with teammate Pat Sims during the game. Luckily for him, he must have learned from Steve Smith’s mistake that cost him a suspension a year ago.

To top it all off, Braylon Edwards is a 6’3”, 215 pound professional athlete, throwing a punch at a 5’7”, 130 pound poindexter. LeBron said it best when he pointed out that it’d be like “punching one of my kids.”

As for Edwards' Tweet in response to LeBron, it’s too easy to say anything on Twitter, let alone to try and clear the air on “beef” between you and another Cleveland superstar.

WTF, Braylon?

Sources:

Examiner.com
ESPN.com
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