Steelers rookie cornerback Justin Layne knows a thing

The defensive back wanted to play receiver at Michigan State. Coach Mark Dantonio convinced Layne to play defense.“I wasn’t in favor of it at first Zach Allen Jersey , but it worked out, so I’m in favor of it now,” Layne said Friday, via Joe Rutter of the .Dantonio thought Layne’s size would help him become an even more effective pass defender than pass catcher.“There are a lot of 6-2, 6-3 receivers, there are not a lot of 6-2, 6-3 cornerbacks that can move like me,” the 6-3 Layne said. “I was thinking about my future for the most part.”Layne’s future is now, as a member of the Steelers. Pittsburgh’s decision to pick Layne prompted him to immediately remove Cleveland Browns socks that he was wearing on draft night and then to remove all Browns gear from his family’s home, including a Browns-themed bathroom — which would have been an entirely appropriate place for Browns gear during the 2016 and 2017 seasons.“Browns everywhere, my dad took it all down and replaced it — literally everything, every flag I had Hakeem Butler Jersey ,” Layne said Friday, via Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com. “So it’s all done. We are fully committed.”Layne grew up in Cleveland, attending Browns games as a child. And while it’s obvious that he would have preferred to play for the Browns, incoming players have no choice but to accept a system that gives them no options (other than sitting out a full season) if they end up being drafted by a team for which, deep down, they’d rather not play.The good news for Layne, to the extent that he can’t shake the kind of die-hard fandom that the NFL wants its customers to have, is that he’ll be able to sign with the Browns after his rookie contract expires in four years. The statement issued, but likely not written, by Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill on Thursday said everything that it predictably would have said, carefully omitting anything that addresses whether his three-year-old child suffered an injury, or how the injury happened. Many nevertheless thought that ended the situation.And it has now become clear that the situation is only just beginning.KCTV has obtained audio of a conversation between Hill and Crystal Espinal Chris Lindstrom Jersey , the mother of their son. Espinal created the audio as an “insurance policy” that she gave to a friend. It was “passed around” before landing at KCTV.The audio is compelling. And troubling.“He is terrified of you,” Espinal says. “And you say that he respects you, but it’s not respect.”Hill says, “He respects me.”“It’s terrify,” she says, “he’s terrified of you.”“You need to be terrified of me, too, bitch,” Hill says. “That’s why you can’t keep a f–king man.”Hill previously pleaded guilty to choking and punching Espinal while she was pregnant with the child.The audio makes it clear that Espinal had previously been covering for Hill.“I didn’t do nothing,” Hill insists during the discussion about the injury suffered by Hill’s son.“Then why does [he] say, ‘Daddy did it’?” Espinal says. “Why does [he] say, ‘Daddy did it’?”“I don’t know http://www.lionsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-jahlani-tavai-jersey ,” Hill says. “He says Daddy does a lot of things.”“Like what?” Espinal says. “A three-year-old’s not gonna lie about what happened to his arm.”Someone clearly has been lying about what happened to the boy’s arm. And it’s clear that other things have happened; on the audio, Espinal says that Hill punches the boy in the chest when the boy is crying. She also says that the boy has told investigators, “Daddy punches me.”The audio is difficult to listen to, and it confirms exactly what many suspected on Wednesday, when the prosecutor announced that he believes a crime was committed, but that it could not be proven who did it. This audio potentially changes everything, for the authorities, for the league, and for the Chiefs — who if they do what they did with Kareem Hunt could be cutting ties with Tyreek Hill, soon.