DeAndre Baker’s Lawyer Says He Didn’t Commit A Robbery Because He Was Too Busy Playing Madden

NY Post – Whatever went down last week at the Miramar, Fla., house party happened in another room, and DeAndre Baker barely caught a glimpse of it. Why? Because he was playing “Madden.”

“Far from an individual who’s going somewhere with an alleged intent to rob somebody, an armed robbery, to go there and hook up his ‘Madden’ game, play the game for over an hour and then leave it there and go home,’’ Patrick Patel, one of Baker’s attorneys, told The Post on Tuesday.

Patel said Baker arrived at the party carrying his “Madden” console, two controllers and a charger. He went into the house, hooked the game up to a big-screen TV and played the video game for the hour to hour-and-a-half he was there. Baker inadvertently left the game at the house. Patel said he will try to get electronic proof Baker was indeed logged in and playing “Madden” that night.

“And this ruckus blows out in another room in this house,’’ Patel said. “He doesn’t have anything to do with the ruckus. He didn’t even see it. The only thing he sees is out of the corner of his eye a table getting flipped over and everybody running, screaming and yelling. And he’s out. Thank God he bounced.’’

If Giants defensive back DeAndre Baker’s lawyer gets his way, Baker could be perfectly free and clear of all charges long before Madden 21 hits virtual shelves. There are certainly some questions, specifically about how you can confirm that it was actually Baker who played and not just someone on his account. But even if Baker isn’t guilty of the crime committed at the house party, he is guilty of another: Being a bad party guest.

Sure, I’ve brought a video game console to a friend’s place before. But that’s with the consent of the homeowners. And typically it’s a more inclusive environment than one where you’d get in trouble for bringing gum to class. “Did you bring enough for everybody to share?” teachers would ask. DeAndre Baker did not bring enough Madden for the class. That’s a two-player game at best while everyone else has to sit and watch. This isn’t Mario Party we’re talking about.

Not only that, but he took over a room in this house? Maybe he even unplugged a Chromecast or DVD player to get access to the HDMI port. And with all that commotion, I highly doubt that he made sure to plug those things back in. Whoever had to deal with this robbery likely wanted to decompress with some Rick and Morty and instead was likely baffled to find the device rendered useless as it was pulled from its connection. Is that good guest behavior? I’d reckon no! Guilty of robbery, perhaps not. But guilty of a party foul and poor manners? Most assuredly yes.

Either way, here’s hoping Baker’s Madden games were at least as entertaining as our eNFL ones to justify all these headaches.

And no matter what results the Madden Defense gets Baker in court, it’ll be hard to top the Chewbacca defense’s place atop the power rankings:

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