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NFL Team Official: Michael Sam Is ‘Not A Really Good Athlete’
ST. LOUIS (CBS St. Louis) — It could be a very long weekend for Michael Sam.
The openly gay football player from the University of Missouri is hoping an NFL team takes a chance and makes history by drafting him, but some experts believe he might end up being an undrafted free agent. Scouts told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that they don’t see Sam’s game transitioning to the NFL. “Most of his production was hustle stuff,” an NFC personnel official told the Journal Sentinel. “There’s production, but he’s short, he’s not a really good athlete and he doesn’t play good against the run.” He continued: “He’s kind of a one-task pass rusher. Just run up the field. And they swallow him up and kind of push him around.” One NFC personnel director stated that Sam doesn’t have a position in the league. “He’s not a linebacker, and he’s really not a defensive end,” the personnel director told the Journal Sentinel. “I’d certainly take him to camp. You’ve got to admire how hard he plays.” An AFC executive said Sam was “short and slow.” Sam stands at 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 262 pounds. Despite the potential setbacks, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is hoping to see Sam succeed in the league. “I want to see Michael Sam get an opportunity to play in the NFL,” Goodell told ESPN Thursday before the first round of the NFL Draft. “We like to say the NFL is the ultimate meritocracy. If you can play football, they want to see you play. The teams want you. The fans want you. And that’s ultimately what it’s all about.” Goodell continued: “I have great respect for Michael, his courage, his decision to become public, and I’m optimistic that he’s going to get that opportunity, and hopefully he can play at this level.” Sam, who was the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Year, will be the first openly active gay player in the league. http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/05/...-good-athlete/ |
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05-10-2014, 05:56 PM | #211 |
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It's not about being a mascot. It's about being the first. Firsts are always going to be more impactful. You can appreciate that without degrading someone's "autonomous dignity".
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Dipshits on here act like the guy blew his bf on camera but what do you expect? These are the same people who make racist posts about blacks and celebrate cops who beat up innocent people.
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05-10-2014, 05:59 PM | #217 |
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Wants to be only looked at and judged as a football player
Has a cake make out with his boyfriend on espn I want him to crush kaepernick and say whose my bitch as he is getting up |
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05-10-2014, 06:00 PM | #219 |
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Look it's pretty simple.
Michael Sam doesn't think it's anything important and he has every reason to say it isn't and believe it isn't. He wants to focus on being a football player and that's fine. An openly gay player being accepted into a league where a bunch of old school guys that strongly believe that being gay is completely not acceptable is a big deal though. Is it a big enough deal to the level that the media is about to make this into? No, but pretending that this whole thing is completely irrelevant is simply foolish. This will eventually work it's way into a dead story, but it's still a mile stone for the most popular sport in the US. I mean people are acting like they don't remember Matt Millen going out of his way to find Johnnie Morton after the Chiefs/Lions games to call him a ****ing bundle of sticks. |
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I'm not saying it's not because of any personal edict. I'm saying its not because Michael asked us to.
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Fine.
But the Sam story has run 4 times on NFLN since the 6th round started. He has a right to live his life and people have a right to disagree. Neither side is going to change their mind by beating them over the head with a message repeatedly...
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And this shit's not going to go away until there's another Michael Sam out there who gets drafted. And another. And another.
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Whether Sam or anyone else wants it to be a big story, it is. The second openly gay player in the nfl will be a smaller story, and the 20th likely won't be a story at all. I find it interesting. My wife talked about it a little over dinner. It's created discussion on chiefsplanet. If that's feeding the frenzy, I'm guilty as charged. But this story interests enough people to garner coverage.
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I'll never understand why people feel the need for excessive PDA...
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