Atlanta (AP) – The Falcons of Atlanta said on Sunday that the son of defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich was responsible for a farce call at the choice of recovery of the NFL Sheder Sanders.
The Falcons have published a statement saying that Jax Ulbrich, 21, “reluctantly came across the contact phone number for Sheder Sanders next to an open iPad while visiting the house of his parents and wrote the number to make a farce call later.”
Although Jax Ulbrich provided the number, he was sitting next to an unidentified friend who made the call to Sanders.
Falcons said Jeff Ulbrich was not aware of exposure to data or farce until after the fact. They offered “sincere apologies to SheDer Sanders and his family” in their declaration, and Jax Ulbrich also published public apology on social networks.
Sanders, a quarter-Arrière off competition in Colorado, is the son of the Buffaloese coach and the renowned temple of professional football Deion Sanders, who began his career in the NFL with the Falcons.
Sheder Sanders was perhaps the The biggest history of the project As he had to Wait for the fifth round Saturday before being drafted by the Browns of Cleveland. He received a farce call on Friday evening, the second day of the draft, while waiting.
In the call, Jax Ulbrich’s friend identified himself as the Director General of Saints of New Orleans, Mickey Loomis and told Sanders that he had been drafted by the saints before ending the call.
“It didn’t really have any impact on me because it was like, ok. I don’t feed on negativity or I don’t feed on this kind of thing,” said Sanders on Saturday after being drafted. “… that’s what it is. I think that, of course, it is childish, of course, I have the impression that it was a childish act, but everyone does childish things here and there.”
Jax Ulbrich apologized to Sanders on Sunday for what he called “a huge mistake”.
“Sheder, what I did was completely inexcusable, embarrassing and shameful,” he wrote on social networks. “I’m really sorry to have removed your moment, it was selfish and childish. I could never imagine preparing me to celebrate one of the greatest moments of your life and I made a terrible mistake and I played with this moment. Thank you for accepting my call earlier in the day, I hope you can find in your heart to forgive me.”
Falcons also apologized to Sanders and his family, saying that they “do not tolerate this behavior”.
“We carefully examine all the protocols and update if necessary to help prevent an incident like this from reproducing,” said Falcons.
The Falcons said they were in contact with the NFL “and will continue to cooperate fully with all the surveys that we could receive from the NFL League office”.
Jeff Ulbrich celebrated the Falcons’ The emphasis on defense in the NFL project. The Falcons have selected two rushers on board, Walker milestone from Georgia and James Pearce Jr. from Tennessee, in the first round. Their first four recovery choices were defensive players.
Ulbrich was 3-9 as an acting coach of the New York Jets last season before being Hired to come back In Atlanta, where he previously worked as assistant.
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AP Noah Trister sports writer in Washington contributed to this report.
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