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Giants Rookie Kadarius Toney Defends Controversial Henry Ruggs Tweets

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New York Giants' Kadarius Toney warms-up before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Munson)

Henry Ruggs was charged with DUI resulting in the horrific death of 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog.

Not many people came to his defense, especially when they found out the details of  his crash. Specifically just how fast he was traveling at the time of impact.

One NFL player did however back him up on Twitter.

Toney received plenty of backlash, but didn’t back down. He left the tweet up.

There was no apology.

Toney was asked about his Ruggs tweet:

“Like I said, pray for the families involved,” Toney said when asked about the tweets. “Pray for the families. That was clearly stated in there. I don’t know how everything else came about. Take it how you want it.”

As the questions persisted, Toney became more agitated.

“Like I just said, pray for the families involved. Why are you drilling the same question? I’m not going to answer that. Come one. I don’t got time for this,” Toney barked.

Things changed direction for a moment but eventually circled back to the tweets. Again, Toney was visibly irritated.

“I mean, there’s going to be attention anyway just because of who I am, I guess, with anything I say,” Toney said. “Really from Joe, it’s more so say what you’ve got to say, and mean what you say. At the end of the day, you shouldn’t have to go back and clarify anything that you say, which I’m not doing here.

“Like I said, pray for the families involved. How could you regret having empathy for both sides? I don’t really get it.”

Head coach Joe Judge previously insisted  Toney was coming from a good place, but acknowledged the message may have been skewed a bit on social media.

“I talked to Kadarius. It’s important that we understand how we articulate our words and put them out there,” Judge said. “Ultimately, our prayers are with everybody. This is a situation no one wants to see happen to anybody. No one wants to be in this situation. While no one is in any way, shape or form dismissing the consequences at all, it’s horrible on both sides. It’s absolutely horrible. As some players on the Raiders and Derek Carr have voiced, as well, it’s a terrible incident. You’ve just got to make sure that you still have prayers for everybody involved. The important thing is we articulate our words and we watch what we say at the same time.”

Judge will probably have to have another talk with Toney.

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