There seems to be a consensus among football fans and personnel that Jeff Ireland's quetion to Dez Bryant during a pre-draft interview--"is your mother a prostitute?"--was out of line. Most journalists who cover the sport and former coaches and players, including known tough guy Mike Ditka, were rightfully appalled that Ireland would ask such a question even to a draft prospect with reported character concerns.

Indeed, while it is understandable that organizations would want to really dig deep into the backgrounds of potential future players, Ireland's actions were simply unacceptable. In this instance, he practically came just short of telling Bryant that his mother sucks c*cks in hell, Excorcist-style. And his apology and well wishes for Bryan'ts NFL career, which only came after Yahoo! Sports outed him as the NFL executive who asked the classless question, fell on deaf ears to many even though Bryant accepted it. The talented former...