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Michael Sam: I should have been drafted sooner
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:22 pm
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The NFL’s first openly gay player, Michael Sam, stopped just short Sunday of saying his sexuality is the reason he was the seventh-to-last pick in this year’s draft.
“From last season alone, I should’ve been in the first three rounds. SEC Defensive Player of the Year, All-American,” Sam said during a conference call, CBS St. Louis reported.
“I knew I was going to get picked somewhere. Every team that passed me, I was thinking how I’m going to sack their quarterback,” he said.
Sam didn’t outrightly express that he believes he was picked over because of his sexuality, but he accused the other teams of being too scared to select him, CBS reported.
“They saw Michael Sam, day after day they scratched it off the board,” he said. “That was their loss. But St. Louis kept me on that board. And you know what I feel like I’m a (Jadeveon) Clowney, a first draft pick. I’m proud of where I am now.”
Rams coach Jeff Fisher told ESPN over the weekend: “In the world of diversity we live in now, I’m honored to be a part of this and I’m excited about his opportunity to help this football team win.”
“People try to make it a distraction, but it’s not a distraction. I’m personally proud of him for coming out,” he said.
President Obama congratulatedSam on Saturday for being the first openly gay football player drafted by an NFL team.
“From the playing field to the corporate boardroom, LGBT Americans prove everyday that you should be judged by what you do and not who you are,” the president said.
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Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:23 pm to BeYou
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Michael Sam: I should have been drafted sooner
If we wanted to be drafted sooner, he should have ran faster and jumped higher at the combine.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:24 pm to BeYou
Im already tired of this guy.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:24 pm to BeYou
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Rams coach Jeff Fisher told ESPN over the weekend: “In the world of diversity we live in now, I’m honored to be a part of this and I’m excited about his opportunity to help this football team win.”
Seems like quite the backhanded complimentary statement. "In the world of diversity we live in now"?
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:24 pm to BeYou
Shouldn't have shite the bed at the combine then Michael
Troy Smith was taken in the 5th round after winning the damn Heisman trophy
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“From last season alone, I should’ve been in the first three rounds. SEC Defensive Player of the Year, All-American,” Sam said during a conference call, CBS St. Louis reported.
Troy Smith was taken in the 5th round after winning the damn Heisman trophy
This post was edited on 5/12/14 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:25 pm to BeYou
More attention
He must be the female of the relationship
He must be the female of the relationship
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:27 pm to VermilionTiger
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This post was edited on 12/26/21 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:27 pm to BeYou
He wanted to be drafted in the first round so more people could have seen his publicity stunt live on TV.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:27 pm to BeYou
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:27 pm to BeYou
Sick of him already
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:27 pm to VermilionTiger
Is he going to wear pink all year long instead of just October? That would be fabulous.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:27 pm to graychef
Unfortunately, yes.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:28 pm to BeYou
Here we go.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:28 pm to SPEEDY
Those eyes that he gives Sam before it happens..CREEPY
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:28 pm to BeYou
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I feel like I’m a (Jadeveon) Clowney, a first draft pick.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:29 pm to BeYou
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I was thinking how I'm going to sack their QB
Thinking about sacks...
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:29 pm to BeYou
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And you know what I feel like I’m a (Jadeveon) Clowney, a first draft pick. I’m proud of where I am now.”
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:29 pm to VermilionTiger
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President Obama congratulated Sam
Did he say Sam could be one of his sons?
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:30 pm to BeYou
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“I knew I was going to get picked somewhere. Every team that passed me, I was thinking how I’m going to sack their quarterback,” he said.
Sure thats all he was thinking...
I dont understand why he thinks he should have been drafted sooner. There are a lot of extremely productive college guys that dont ever play in the NFL. Its not about what you did in college, its how you translate to the NFL. Hes an undersized DE that isnt that athletic. He could have gone earlier, but only in the 6th at the earliest. Special teamer at best.
Posted on 5/12/14 at 5:30 pm to BeYou
Back it up on the field, Mike.
Until then, STFU. Better players than you who have proven something were UDFAs or drafted later than you, like Pierre Thomas and Marques Colston.
Until then, STFU. Better players than you who have proven something were UDFAs or drafted later than you, like Pierre Thomas and Marques Colston.
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