Retired NFL star falls into social media hole by comparing Mike Vrabel scandal and Jonathon Cooper arrest

Justin Simmons was an outstanding NFL safety, collecting second-team All-Pro honors four times during his nine-year career.

However, now retired, Simmons should probably be more careful with his social media commentary.

That's because Simmons stepped on something of an online landmine Monday night while he was watching his former Denver Broncos team play the Kansas City Chiefs.

During the broadcast, ESPN's Joe Buck noted that Broncos' linebacker Jonathon Cooper was not in the lineup because he's currently suspended on the NFL exempt list while he awaits a Nov.

10 trial on four charges, including felony second-degree assault by strangulation of his former girlfriend.

3 NFL STARS HIT COMMISSIONER'S EXEMPT LIST AFTER OFFSEASON FILLED WITH LEGAL TROUBLE The broadcast apparently triggered Simmons, who took to his X account to make a comparative point.

The former NFL great complained that ESPN was mentioning his former teammate during the broadcast but the situation between New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and former reporter Dianna Russini wasn't discussed on TV.

NBC REMINDS PREGAME VIEWERS ABOUT MIKE VRABEL-DIANNA RUSSINI SCANDAL COACH AND PATRIOTS WANT TO FORGET So, social media simply moved on without pushback whatsoever.

Yeah, right.

Multiple people basically told off Simmons.

They made the point that even if Vrabel's relationship with Russini was perhaps morally wrong, if one assumes it reached heights that have not been proven, it wasn't illegal.

Vrabel has been put before the court of public opinion for the relationship, but there are no allegations of abuse that will be heard in a court of law.

The analogy between Cooper and Vrabel is flawed at best.

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