All things offseason discussion part II

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Speaking your mind is one thing. Discriminating against another human being because of their sex/race/religion/sexual orientation is another.


How would Tony Dungy feel is some white coach said he didn't want a black player in his locker room? Yeah, I'd imagine Tony the Hypocrite would have a huge issue with that.

Your example would be different though, because someone saying he didn't want a black player in this era would be straight race discrimination. Dungy didn't say he wouldn't have drafted Sam because he was gay, it's because of the attention he would have brought.

With Vick, that's a different kind of attention. We don't really know how these NFL players accepted Vick's return versus how they'll accept Sam, but I would guess the latter will cause quite a bit more attention, both negative and neutral. Edit: And I believe Sam will certainly have more potential for locker room problems.

Like someone else said, I don't think Dungy is wrong, but he comes across as a jerk for saying those things out loud.


In other news:

Norv Turner: Teddy Bridgewater worth a top-10 pick - NFL.com

I hope this dude can become a legit QB. AP deserves better in his last elite years than the likes of Cassell, Freeman, or Ponder.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by SirLK26

Your example would be different though, because someone saying he didn't want a black player in this era would be straight race discrimination. Dungy didn't say he wouldn't have drafted Sam because he was gay, it's because of the attention he would have brought.

With Vick, that's a different kind of attention. We don't really know how these NFL players accepted Vick's return versus how they'll accept Sam, but I would guess the latter will cause quite a bit more attention, both negative and neutral. Edit: And I believe Sam will certainly have more potential for locker room problems.

Like someone else said, I don't think Dungy is wrong, but he comes across as a jerk for saying those things out loud.


In other news:

Norv Turner: Teddy Bridgewater worth a top-10 pick - NFL.com

I hope this dude can become a legit QB. AP deserves better in his last elite years than the likes of Cassell, Freeman, or Ponder.

Really rooting for Bridgewater to have a monster rookie year. You'd think that the scouts would learn that a good or bad pro day really should not hurt or help someone's draft status.

[SirLK26]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Really rooting for Bridgewater to have a monster rookie year. You'd think that the scouts would learn that a good or bad pro day really should not hurt or help someone's draft status.

Same here. I'm a huge fan of his game.

From what I've heard, pro scouts were never that high on Bridgewater. Supposedly it was merely the media that had a huge crush on Teddy, which evaporated after his less-than-spectacular workout. Who knows if that's true or not. But either way, if Pro Days and Combines were indicative of a player's talents, JaMarcus Russell would be tearing it up in the pros. But they're not and he's not, so suck it, Teddy haters.

Honestly, I wasn't impressed with any of the QBs in this year's draft except for Bridgewater, Aaron Murray(who has a smoking hot GF, by the way), and Johhny Manziel(although to a lesser degree than the other two).