I see your point, to a degree. If I were to only have read the transcript of his statement, I would be inclined to agree with you—his words come across as imperfect, but fairly innocuous. But what a transcript can’t capture is the tone.

I didn’t expect much, TBH. But what really bothered me was that he predominantly showed empathy towards Mixon, as if he were the victim, and hoped that he would use his second chance to succeed in the NFL.