I think for the 30 and under crowd this will largely be a non-story. These GMs and front office guys claiming that this will greatly impact his draft status are the problem. They are probably old white men who are probably out of touch with the youth of today.Hopefully this is a non-story. I think for most of the players it will be. The good old boy front office\coaches network might not be so comfortable with it though
I watched the interview and I was actually really impressed with Sam. He wasn't trying to make this a big deal at all. The man has gone through some really rough stuff with his family in his life and telling people he is gay is so tiny in comparison.This is waaay bigger of a story than it needs to be.
You don't think old black men could be out of touch as well?I think for the 30 and under crowd this will largely be a non-story. These GMs and front office guys claiming that this will greatly impact his draft status are the problem. They are probably old white men who are probably out of touch with the youth of today.
I understand that Sam won't be supported by every individual in the league. Because rarely are you going to get 100% buy in on anything. But I don't think this will be as huge of a deal as they're making it out to be in their minds.
You'll have the initial buzz and extra media attention and his story will be told ad nauseam but I guarantee it will die down and be an afterthought by mid-season. It won't be a season long or career long circus that they'd have you to believe. The attention span in our society is incredibly short. Huge news today is an afterthought 48 hours later.
I'm strictly talking about the NFL. And it's a fact that the NFL is ran by old white men.You don't think old black men could be out of touch as well?
But because they are old and white they are out of touch?I'm strictly talking about the NFL. And it's a fact that the NFL is ran by old white men.
From what I read at the Senior Bowl he isn't ready to be a 3-4 OLBer but teams are trying to force him into that role because of his size. In my opinion Sam is a 4-3 DE and is plenty big enough for our style of defense.It still baffles me that many of these GMs and scouts put more stock in a player's physical measurables (HT/WT) than their actual production on the field. I think that's a big reason why many of them are failures at what they do.
I bring this up because Sam falls into that category and it's always been a football pet peeve of mine.
All I know is if an undersized DE performed well against "protypical" OTs in the SEC then maybe they shouldn't be so quick to dismiss him.
Can the guy play? That should be the thing that influences your decision most. Not his HT/WT.
I can't imagine a player intentionally hurting his draft stock even further just to have an excuse for it.I think Sam is hedging his bets by trying to establish that if he isn't drafted high he can blame it on his sexual preference status being the reason. In short it will be someone else's fault. He obviously has had a bad showing recently and may be apprehensive that his demand has fallen sharply.
If people were paying attention during the Senior Bowl, his stock was already dropping because of his poor showing as a 3-4 OLB...to the third-fourth round area. In the event he goes around there, I am sure the sentiment will be that his disclosure was to blame. I have no doubt there will be some revisionist history at work.I think Sam is hedging his bets by trying to establish that if he isn't drafted high he can blame it on his sexual preference status being the reason. In short it will be someone else's fault. He obviously has had a bad showing recently and may be apprehensive that his demand has fallen sharply.
Nah...Jerry would welcome him just for the added publicity.That's probably Jerry
Agreed 100%.It still baffles me that many of these GMs and scouts put more stock in a player's physical measurables (HT/WT) than their actual production on the field. I think that's a big reason why many of them are failures at what they do.
I bring this up because Sam falls into that category and it's always been a football pet peeve of mine.
All I know is if an undersized DE performed well against "protypical" OTs in the SEC then maybe they shouldn't be so quick to dismiss him.
Can the guy play? That should be the thing that influences your decision most. Not his HT/WT.