RE: NFL FANS.
May 11, 2014 at 8:55 am
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2014 at 9:07 am by Brian37.)
(May 9, 2014 at 8:10 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: The homophobia part I think would have less to do with a non sports related fall in the draft than the media distraction he will cause because of it. Football is one of those sports where a locker room can get dodgy because of the fact that the 4th round pick rookie is getting all this hype when there's nothing significant about him. Think Tebow and the Denver locker room.
Sam didn't do anything wrong. Fleebow was not an oppressed minority, do not equate Fleebow to this guy. Fleebow did that to himself.
And even without him being gay. I am 47 and in all those years I have seen plenty of top draft picks peter out and wash out and seen other later round guys go on to have long productive careers. Heath Shuller was supposed to save the Redskins, 19 million dollar mistake.
The only way this becomes circus is if homophobes make it a circus. Sam should be treated like any other prospect, do well enough you get a spot.
(May 10, 2014 at 11:09 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Whatever else happens, I hope that he is accepted by his teammates and is given a fair shot at finding success. As an 8th round pick he's not likely to be a starter, but he's got a shot at making the bench.
Shit, think about all the college players who won't even get that far. I think for this guy though, if he trains hard and studies hard, he seems to be a guy that will adapt. I think even outside sports, on any job, there is always someone overlooked because people look at what they don't do rather than what they can do. Darrell Green was only 5'8" and even back then that was considered too short for a player.
I did love his comment after the call where he found out something like "I was thinking after all those picks and teams who passed on me what I was going to do to their quarterbacks". HE HE.
GO SAM GO RAMS!
(May 10, 2014 at 11:43 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Watching NFL Network, Ian Rappoport is saying probably 6th or 7th round, or high priority free agent. Mayock is saying he won't get drafted. New England, Arizona, New York Giants, and Baltimore have expressed interest. He lacks the height for a NFL DE.
To put his combine numbers in perspective, these are the guys he was grouped with at the combine:
Why doesn't the BBcodeCode:Name School 40 3-cone Shuttle Vertical Broad Bench
Michael Sam - Mizzou 4.91 7.80 -- 25.50 114 17
Carl Bradford - Az Sr. 4.76 7.25 4.30 37.50 122 23
Prince Shembo - ND 4.71 7.29 4.31 38.50 122 26work?
Anyhow, his numbers at the combine, put up against mediocre edge rushers, are bad. His character is good, he'll be on a team, but he was never, ever highly touted.
Again so? One day of numbers is a bad sample rate and assumes also that he cant or wont improve. And like I said in a prior post I have seen plenty of "highly touted" 1rst rounders do nothing and plenty of "no names" go one to make people go "who the fuck was that?".
