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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Stallworth: One disaster after another
It was inevitable, apparently, but now it’s fact: Receiver Dante Stallworth has been charged with DUI manslaughter.
Prosecutors in Miami allege he was driving drunk on the morning of March 14 when he struck and killed a pedestrian on Miami Beach.
What does it mean? Nothing good for the Browns or their fans, unless you’re a member of the David Patten fan club.
Can’t imagine Stallworth playing this season. But, hey, there’s always Patten, the veteran receiver recently signed after Stallworth’s arrest, the trade of Kellen Winslow Jr. and the release of Joe Jurevicius.
Could last year’s free-agent Stallworth signing look any worse? Doubt it.
In training camp, while horsing around with No. 1 receiver Braylon Edwards, Stallworth landed on Edwards’ foot, injuring him. Who knows if Edwards actually ever completely recovered from that, although he couldn’t use it as an excuse for his bad hands, I suppose.
Then Stallworth gets hurt and can’t stay on the field, plays in only a handful of games.
Finally, he kills a guy after a night of drinking on Miami Beach.
As misfortune goes, it’s worse than LeCharles Bentley, the center who snapped a knee tendon and never played again. Or Jeremiah Pharms, the linebacker who Butch Davis drafted in the fifth round who had robbed a drug dealer at gunpoint and never played at all.
Stallworth, 28, is expected to surrender to authorities Thursday morning.
Good grief. Does it ever get easy to be a Browns fan?
DUI manslaughter, by the way, is a felony that carries a minimum of four years to a maximum 15 years in prison.
Oh well. There’s always Patten, right?
