American Sports Story Episode 6 True Story: What the Show Changes

Warning: Spoilers ahead for American Sports Story Episode 6.

American Sports Story Episode 6 “Herald Street” changes several key aspects of Aaron Hernandez’s true story. Josh Rivera leads the American Sports Story Cast as Aaron Hernandez, the former collegiate and NFL superstar tight end who was convicted of murdering semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd in 2015. The first two episodes of American Sports Story Gain a basic understanding of Aaron Hernandez’s complicated upbringing and accelerated path to becoming a Florida Gator before joining the NFL’s New England Patriots in 2010. American Sports Story Depicts several NFL players, including Hernandez, Rob Gronkowski, Tom Brady and Tim Tebow.

American Sports Story Episode 3 chronicles Hernandez’s celebrity status in the University of Florida before finally declaring for the 2010 NFL Draft. American Sports Story Episode 4 Chronicles more of the details of Hernandez’s transition from being the 2010 John Mackey Award winner to having his draft stock plummet ahead of the NFL Draft due to off-the-field concerns. American Sports Story Episode 5 chronicles Hernandez’s early days as a rookie on the New England Patriots and explores the influences of his new head coach Bill Belichick, while Episode 6 depicts a violent shootout Hernandez was allegedly involved in with his friend Sherrod.

The alleged shooting of Aaron Hernandez in Boston is different

De Abreu and Furtado were also alone in their car when they died

in American Sports StorySherrod represents the real-life Alexander Bradley, who accused his former best friend Hernandez of killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in a drive-by shooting in Boston’s theater district. According to Bradley’s testimony, Hernandez became frustrated at De Abreu for spilling his drink on him so he and Bradley moved to another bar, where De Abreu and Furtado also showed up. Bradley claimed Hernandez was paranoid and believed they were after him. Hernandez went to his car, a Toyota 4Runner, to retrieve his gun. He had Bradley drive around circling the bar until Hernandez spotted the two men and had Bradley drive to them.

According to Bradley, Hernandez fired five shots into the vehicle, hitting one person in the chest and another in the head. This is a little different from American Sports Story Episode 6, titled “Herald Street” since it was where the shooting took place. In the series, Hernandez and Sherrod are about to go home when Hernandez notices the two men getting into their car. Instead of waiting for de Abreu and Furtado to come out of the bar, the fictional account sees Hernandez driving after spontaneously seeing them. Bradley also testified that he was driving the 4th runner, not Hernandez. De Abreu and Furtado were also alone in their car when they died.

Aaron Hernandez signed his $40 million contract extension after Super Bowl XLVI

The series completely omits Hernandez’s performance in 2012’s Super Bowl

Hernandez performed well in the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants in February 2012, being completely omitted from American Sports Story. Hernandez signed a huge 5-year, $40 million extension on his rookie deal after his stellar performance in Super Bowl XLVI in August 2012. If this important detail was included in the series, it would make Aaron’s insecurity about his finances and impending Contract extension less viable, especially considering that He outperformed Rob Groncoskie and all Patriots wide receivers in Super Bowl XLVI.

Hernandez led the team in receiving yards (67) and scored one of the Patriots’ two TDs in their 21-27 Super Bowl loss. The series often makes it seem like Hernandez was strapped for cash during his first two years in the NFL, but even his rookie deal netted him an annual salary of nearly $600,000, so the numbers don’t really add up. American Sports Story.

Aaron Hernandez was not injured in the Week 13 away game against the Miami Dolphins

Hernandez had a season-high total of 97 receiving yards in the Pats’ road win

Although it is accurate that Hernandez injured his ankle in the Patriots’ Week 2 game against the Arizona Cardinals with a high ankle sprain, Hernandez was back to full health in the Week 13 away game against the Miami Dolphins. The series makes it look like he was struggling through his ankle injury during the game, wincing when putting pressure on his right ankle and even getting his shoulder injured after a rough tackle during the game. In fact, the game footage shows that Hernandez was Extremely fine during the game and his shoulder did not pop out of place. Hernandez had a season-high total of 97 receiving yards in the Pats’ road win on December 2, 2012.

Aaron Hernandez is said to be even weirder in the Patriots’ locker room

Former teammates noted his volatile mood swings and inappropriate behavior

Although there is no report of Hernandez flashing his genitalia at Tom Brady in the New England Patriots locker room, more than one of Hernandez’s teammates has commented on his strange behavior. Brandon Lloyd tells Wes Welker what to expect with a locker between Gronkowski and Hernandezsaid “I just want to warn you that he will talk about what his mother is doing. He will have his genitalia out in front of you while you sit out on your stool. He will have his towel and try to dry off in front of you while you sit at your locker. He was going to talk about gay sex“(by Human magazine).

Hernandez never laid his hands on an innocent fan

One thing in Hernandez is not guilty American Sports Story Was pushing New England Patriots fans who tried to take a picture with him in a Massachusetts shopping mall. This scene was clearly added by the creators of American Sports Story To demonstrate Hernandez’s increasingly unpredictable behavior and his short temper, just how quickly Hernandez’s anger can take over his personality and character. Such an incident with a fan would surely have been a headline story If it had actually happened and probably would have come back to owner Robert Kraft or head coach Bill Belichick in some way, resulting in disciplinary actions for Hernandez.

Aaron Hernandez didn’t go to Cabo with the fictional Chris Taylor

Chris is a completely fictional character in the series

one more time, American Sports Story Pushes the story of the fictional love interest, Chris Taylor, forward in another episode, this time creating a fantastic scenario in which he and Hernandez escape to a resort in Cabo. There is no record of Hernandez ever going to Cabo in 2012Although this is certainly a possibility, he did not go on a romantic getaway with a man named Chris.

At this point, everything in American Sports Story What involves Chris Taylor is either based on rumors, speculation or pure fiction, because there is no indication that Hernandez has ever had an ongoing affair with a person, more importantly, an athletic professional, while he was in the NFL. The only identified gay lovers Hernandez allegedly had were his high school teammate Dennis Sansoucie and a fellow inmate named Kyle Kennedy.