If you haven’t noticed over the past few years, Darnell Dockett is a man who lacks class and bangs to the tune of his own drum. All it takes is one look through his Twitter timeline of tasteless tweets about anything and everything to know that Dockett doesn’t shy away from anything. So when the injured Dockett decided to taunt the Raiders fans facing the Arizona Cardinals bench on Sunday with a sign saying “Worst team in the NFL, 0-6” it wasn’t much of a shock.
It was even less of a shock that everyone on Twitter lost their minds over Dockett’s joke at the Raiders expense, after all 95% of Raiders coverage outside of the Bay Area usually involves making such jokes about the team. So when the incident went viral, it was really no shock to anyone who knows Dockett’s personality as well as to anyone who knows how things go from Twitter to blogs to television on Sundays.
Dockett blew the story up even further when he justified the sign by claiming that Raiders fans were throwing coins at the Cardinals bench amongst the usual heckling that every NFL team should expect to go through on the road.
.@ddockett finishes a game long conversation with Raiders fans. #AZvsOAK pic.twitter.com/TqLiHElNjT
— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) October 19, 2014
Raiders fans talk about mother , father , all types of shit come out there mouths, and on top of that throwing things. But no surprise to me
— DARNELL DOCKETT (@ddockett) October 20, 2014
Raiders fans threw coins and ice at us, called us every name in the book. That's what made me write the sign.
— DARNELL DOCKETT (@ddockett) October 20, 2014
Regardless of why Dockett posted the sign, he is still one of the least classy players in the National Football League based on his past track record on Twitter that has seen many incidents that are much worse than a playful sign. Making fun of the 0-6 Raiders is tame by Dockett’s standards, so the brief storm over the sign will be replaced as soon as Dockett opens his mouth, or takes to Twitter next.