Collins was put on waivers by the Carolina Panthers in 1998 with two strikes against him. First, his battle with alcoholism had resulted in a drunk driving charge. Worse, he had damaged his reputation in and out of the locker room by using racial slurs in reference to two teammates. "The guys were talking to each other that way, and I was trying to be funny and thought I could do it, too," he later explained. "It was bad judgment. I could have been labeled a racist for the rest of my career." After the Panthers waived him, Collins signed with the Saints, then the Giants and Raiders before finding his current home with the Titans.
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