Danny Baugher was a little distraught that he got cut by the Patriots on August 29th. Wouldn’t you be pissed too if your shot at a Super Bowl ring (a legitimate one at that) was taken away from you? The problem is that most people would have handled the situation a little differently than Danny did. Baugher, an undrafted rookie out of Arizona, beat his dad’s ass in a fast food parking lot at 4:00 am to vent his frustration.

I never really understand why athletes do the stupid stuff that they do. Was his father taking him out for a McDonalds ice cream to cheer him up and instead got hit with a sucker punch and some knuckle sandwich? Nobody knows. Baugher was drunk at the time and that may have stimulated his rage against his father. But the real question comes when you ask yourself why Baugher and his dad were hanging out at a fast food place at 4:00 am while hammered. Solving your sorrows by drinking won’t help your situation at all.

I guess we should feel bad for the guy. Dateline NBC reporter Veteran punter Chris Hanson was signed by the Patriots to replace Baugher. You may remember Hanson from an incident a few years back when Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio thought it’d be a great idea to bring an ax and a piece of wood into the locker room for metaphorical purposes. Chris Hanson “chopped that wood” and gashed open his left leg with the ax, forcing him out of commission for a short time. I guess cutting open your leg is a lesser of two evils when the other choice is smashing your father’s face in.