Former Auburn S Jermaine Whitehead waived after social media meltdown
By Keith Farner
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Jermaine Whitehead is looking for a new team after the former Auburn safety was waived this week following a series of tweets responding to criticism about his recent play.
A Cleveland Browns spokesman called the tweets “highly unacceptable” and “inappropriate” before he was let go, as Whitehead’s posts began shortly after the Browns lost to the Broncos, 24-19, to fall to 2-6, Cleveland.com reported.
Whitehead wrote the messages on Twitter, but his account was suspended, and he then went to Instagram.
Whitehead first responded to criticism of his tackling by radio host Dustin Fox of 92.3 in Cleveland on Twitter. Fox tweeted, “Whiteheads effort tackling today is a joke #Browns.”
Whitehead responded to Fox: “Come get it in blood b—- made ass lil boy. I’m out there with a broke hand .. don’t get smoked f— ass cracker.”
On Instagram, he apologized for his performance.
“Crazy world,” he wrote. “They line it up and say anything in the book too you. They tell you take the high road, when yo whole life you was taught to meet fire with fire. I do apologize for my performance, but having a broke hand and a strong fear of letting my team down is my downfall. Whatever happens happens. Ain trippin. They probably gone still talk crazy but this me getting smoke off my chest. I don’t need one like.. this from me to me! Keep ya head up homie, can’t nobody f— with you. I dare em to try.”
He also gave the Browns practice facility address as an apparent offer to meet up with one critic.
Whitehead is in his fifth NFL season, and he went undrafted in 2015 before he signed with San Francisco, then moved to Baltimore, Green Bay and Cleveland.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
