I met Jerome at Frank's baseball card shop in kenner back in like 93 when he played for the L.A. Rams, he was there with his mom and willie roaf. kinda irrelevant, but he was a cool dude then
I always liked him as a player, all the way back to his Notre Dame days.
Yet, I admire him even more now for being man enough to "tell it like it is" because you know he'll probably get some flak from some of his former team mates for being honest about their current situation.