SEC Defensive Player of the Year and likely to be a late first or second round pick. I think he'll get drafted.mikeford said:he has to actually get drafted before he's an NFL player...
Fair point. Title edited.URI said:Right...but then you hope his knee doesn't explode or a million other things.
He's objectively not in the NFL yet. And what if Gronk finally comes out tomorrow anyway?
Ugh
The executives and coaches were granted anonymity by SI.com for their honesty and their answers were consistently unsparing.
"I don't think football is ready for it just yet," said an NFL player personnel assistant. "In the coming decade or two, it's going to be acceptable, but at this point in time it's still a man's man game. To call somebody a [gay slur] is still so commonplace. It'd chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20140209/michael-sam-draft-stock/#ixzz2ssb0JqHT
@ttagaris: Searching for talk online before today that Michael Sam was gay, & nada. Awesome that his teammates knew so long & no leak in age of Twitter
Dernells Casket n Flagon said:SEC Defensive Player of the Year and likely to be a late first or second round pick. I think he'll get drafted.
Good for him coming out to the public on his own terms.
phragle said:I hope Chicago drafts him.
I haven't heard that high. CBS has him 90th right now.
Dernells Casket n Flagon said:SEC Defensive Player of the Year and likely to be a late first or second round pick. I think he'll get drafted.
Good for him coming out to the public on his own terms.
Luis Taint said:"with their 4th round pick the New England Patriots select Michael Sam" Book it
Jimy Hendrix said:
I'm not a draftnik so I have no idea if he would actually fit, but I can already picture BB's gloriously condescending "Michael Sam is a football player" answers to asinine press conference questions.
soxhop411 said:My god, that whole piece is an abomination
Um, why not, asshole?"I just know with this going on this is going to drop him down," said a veteran NFL scout. "There's no question about it. It's human nature. Do you want to be the team to quote-unquote 'break that barrier?'"
I mean, we all saw how being the team that broke the barrier blew up in the faces of the Brooklyn Dodges.Van Everyman said:Um, why not, asshole?
Edit: I'm calling the cowardly scout an asshole, not soxhop.
LeoCarrillo said:Isn't it conventional wisdom that the NFL blacklisted Kerry Rhodes? Guy was rated as the fourth-best safety in the NFL and was out of a job after being outed basically.
F'd up. But it speaks to that "don't want to break the barrier" asshole being the norm.
Van Everyman said:Um, why not, asshole?
Edit: I'm calling the cowardly scout an asshole, not soxhop.
Brandon Spikes wouldn't stand for it.RIrooter09 said:
Really wish BB had brought him in. Could have used him this year over Gregory.
Luis Taint said:"with their 4th round pick the New England Patriots select Michael Sam" Book it
Jimy Hendrix said:
I'm not a draftnik so I have no idea if he would actually fit, but I can already picture BB's gloriously condescending "Michael Sam is a football player" answers to asinine press conference questions.
RT @mikefreemanNFL: NFL scout texts top 5 best locker rooms for Michael Sam: Seahawks, Patriots, Green Bay, Colts, Giants.PedroKsBambino said:
"I have as little interest in his personal life as I do in yours, Albert. Do you have a football question for me?"
I'll admit to my first thought being, "Maybe this will make him slip to the 7th round to be this year's Dennard."Luis Taint said:"with their 4th round pick the New England Patriots select Michael Sam" Book it
soxhop411 said:
RT @mikefreemanNFL: NFL scout texts top 5 best locker rooms for Michael Sam: Seahawks, Patriots, Green Bay, Colts, Giants.
those seem right
absintheofmalaise said:The behind the scenes story on how Sam came out.
Sam's pro prospects are difficult to figure out. He is not big enough to fulfill the prototype of a 4-3 defensive end in the NFL, and as he showed in Senior Bowl practices, he isn't agile (or experienced) enough in space to make an immediate impact as a 3-4 outside linebacker. He could get stuck as a 'tweener, a player without a true position, something that has afflicted many great college players in the pros. But he can rush the passer, and his motor, his passion for football, and his willingness to learn and work will give him a fighting chance.
really doubt that. he's been projected as a round 3-5 guy by just about every reputable draft site. he usually ranks somewhere between 10th and 15th among DE.Dernells Casket n Flagon said:SEC Defensive Player of the Year and likely to be a late first or second round pick. I think he'll get drafted.
Good for him coming out to the public on his own terms.
If I were a gay professional athlete, I'd be worried about what part of the country I would end up having to live in than what locker room I was going too. Sam might have a more difficult time of it in Texas or a Southern red state than the pacific northwest or Buffalo.soxhop411 said:
RT @mikefreemanNFL: NFL scout texts top 5 best locker rooms for Michael Sam: Seahawks, Patriots, Green Bay, Colts, Giants.
those seem right
Peter King @SI_PeterKing 8m
That GM: "We don't think he's a very good player. The reality is he's an overrated player in out estimation."
By my count that's 10 of the Super Bowl teams in the last 10 years.soxhop411 said:RT @mikefreemanNFL: NFL scout texts top 5 best locker rooms for Michael Sam: Seahawks, Patriots, Green Bay, Colts, Giants.
soxhop411 said:
RT @mikefreemanNFL: NFL scout texts top 5 best locker rooms for Michael Sam: Seahawks, Patriots, Green Bay, Colts, Giants.
those seem right
I spoke to all anonymously, because with such a touchy subject, I assumed all would either no-comment me (and one other GM did) or say something so sanitized it wouldn’t really be the truth. I don’t like to do anonymous sources to write an entire story, but I felt in this case it would give the best information possible.