Grier to skip bowl game

Attyla the Hawk":2msie149 said:

justafan":2msie149 said:

fenderbender123":2msie149 said:

West TX Hawk":2msie149 said:

Worked out ok for McCaffrey.

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Sure. But still a negative mark, IMO.

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McCafferey isnt a QB. That is a huge difference for me. He has every right to make a business decision but I wouldnt draft him if I need a leader for my team. Mayfair wouldnt have gone 1st IMO if he would have done that. I dont think I have ever heard of a QB doing that. Its huge red flag to me.

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There are all kinds of flavors of opinion at the NFL level.

If I'm a player, then I'm actually thinking it's a benefit to have teams with this kind of opinion dropping you from their boards. The reality is, closed mindedness rarely stops at just one circumstance. Typically feeble mindedness permeates every aspect of ones existence. And in the NFL, the worst teams are time and again the ones led by those that choose to put themselves at competitive disadvantages. Who bind themselves to overly simplistic and self defeating constraints:

"I want a winner"
"Players from big time programs"
"Doesn't fit the prototype"
"Look at his calves. Not built to stand up to NFL punishment"
"Doesn't love the game"
"May not have the necessities to play ...."


So much stupid, it's like a disease. Kind of like watching the Chicago Bears drafts from 1990 to 2015.

This kind of move, aside from eliminating the very real risk of career derailment, is also a preemptive means to get your name off the draft boards of the teams that you don't want to be on in the first place.

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