After a week filled with domestic abuse, child abuse, and corporate cover-ups, the NFL looks awful. Players that don’t deserve to play are given chance after chance, enough leeway to get away with murder…well….hopefully not literally, but pretty close.

People that do deserve to play are Charles Tillman. It appears that it will come to an end. One of the very few bright spots in the league is dimming, and could be burnt out now.

Charles Tillman left Sunday night’s game between the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears with another right triceps injury. What could be a Hall of Fame career may now be over.

Not many will talk about it, nationally. Locally, it will be on the news, but then forgotten. Ray Rice will lead the news, and so will Greg Hardy and Adrian Peterson. Tillman will unfortunately be in the media’s rear view mirror.

While Roger Goodell was covering up criminal activity and not viewing DVD’s, he should have been touting the character of Charles Tillman. He should have been pointing out the good in the NFL, instead of poorly attempting to hide the bad. More of this, Roger:

More Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson jerseys have sold than Charles Tillman’s Chicago Bears number 33. Kids want to be the next Rice or AP every Sunday. More kids SHOULD want to be the next Charles Tillman EVERY DAY.

Whether his career is over or not, Tillman led a positive life on and off of the field. He will be remembered for punching footballs and not punching women. His charity, the Charles Tillman Cornerstone Foundation, isn’t just something he set up and gives a few grand to a year. Tillman is active in the community, and doesn’t toot his own horn every time he donates a dollar, or something much more valuable, his time.

The NFL may have a black eye right now. They deserve to have two. Just remember that there are people like Charles Tillman among players in the league. It isn’t all bad.