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INSANE: Espn s adam schefter apologizes for insensitive tweet about dwayne haskins | Rare Historical Photos

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Sometimes it’s best to run things by others before you hit the Tweet button. Just ask ESPN’s NFL insider, Adam Schefter. By now, you’ve heard the tragic news about former Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins in South Florida over the weekend.

While letting his 9.4 million followers know about the news, Schefter bizarrely added a comment about his struggles In the NFL within the news of his passing.

“Dwayne Haskins, a standout at Ohio State before struggling to catch on with Washington and Pittsburgh in the NFL, died this morning when he got hit by a car in South Florida, per his agent, Cedric Saunders. Haskins would have turned 25 years old on May 3,” Schefter originally tweeted. He then reworded the statement after a ton of justifiable criticism to something more vanilla.

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