LeVar Arrington

So you're talking about a scenario where if it was as open-shut as the coach initially made it sound, there's no problem with you being in front of the cameras.

And I would rather...

The media hear me and see me say there's nothing there.

Can we talk about the pre-draft versus not doing the interview at all?

And that, to me, I feel like that creates more conversation behind everything that's being thrown out there than to me.

I mean, it's going to happen either way, but...

Don't change what you're doing, is what I would say.

Well, let me just ask you this.

Does this work in today's society?

Because I tend to lean no.

If something like this happens, I feel like you've got to get out in front of it.

You have to do more than just say it's laughable because it seems like there's too much smoke there.

And pushing off a meeting with the media where you know you're going to be asked about it,

And it only allows there to be more time where... I don't know if it's The Athletic or The New York Times.

They're now hiring an investigator to look into it further.

It's The Athletic.

But The Athletic is owned.

They are owned by The Times, yeah.

But the point is, it only allows for there to be more time for the story to get legs, drum up more of whatever was going on, dig deeper into all of this.

And so to think that...