Only 'fall guy' in this scenario is you, Cris Carter

Former NFL football player Cris Carter speaks during the induction ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 3, 2013. Photo Credit: APBob Glauber

Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter has been skewered -- and rightly so, I might add -- for his remarks at last year's NFL Rookie Symposium, where he told players that they should have a "fall guy" willing to go to jail. It was a dumb thing to say, and after being lambasted for his comments, Carter apologized on Twitter for sending the wrong message.

And make no mistake, it was the wrong message,…