I don't know. After the whole OWN debacle, it seems that Michael Sam did everything he could to make himself boring to the press and just play football.Whether we like it or not, the biggest story is going to be about Michael Sam, and the second biggest will be about Sam Bradford.
I'd like to hear about the secondary and how our DBs are doing the most though. Hopefully they make huge strides and are recognized for it.
I don't know. After the whole OWN debacle, it seems that Michael Sam did everything he could to make himself boring to the press and just play football.
Which is exactly what he needs to do if he wants to have a chance of making the team.
Sure, it's unavoidable that there's going to be a certain amount of attention paid to it.He's done good with that so far, but the media is going to make a big deal and big story over every little thing. Whether Sam says anything at all, he's going to be a big story because the press is full of idiots.
Chris Long doesn't high five Michael Sam after a good play? He must be homophobic.
Gregg Williams makes Michael Sam do more updowns because he was slow the first time? Williams is homophobic and hates gays.
It's just the way it is. They did the same thing with guys like Tebow, Collins etc. They make a big deal over everything, because it sells. It'll eventually slow down, but until then, it's going to be a huge story in training camp.
He's done good with that so far, but the media is going to make a big deal and big story over every little thing. Whether Sam says anything at all, he's going to be a big story because the press is full of idiots.
Chris Long doesn't high five Michael Sam after a good play? He must be homophobic.
Gregg Williams makes Michael Sam do more updowns because he was slow the first time? Williams is homophobic and hates gays.
It's just the way it is. They did the same thing with guys like Tebow, Collins etc. They make a big deal over everything, because it sells. It'll eventually slow down, but until then, it's going to be a huge story in training camp.
While I get why you are saying what you are saying, I don't see that being the case. The "news" was on draft day, and the days that immediately followed that. There may be a rush of media the first day or two of training camp, as was the case with the FIRST OTA, but after that it died down pretty quickly. Sam has made it pretty clear he doesn't want it to be about anything other than football, and Fisher has been around long enough to understand how to deflect and curtail any unwanted chatter.
I hope you're right. I like Sam, but I'm going to get sick of him and want him off the team if I hear much more.
Sam has been a non-story through OTAs, which is about as perfect a situation as you could want.
Once camp starts, I think Kenny Britt vs. Jenkins and Johnson will be a big story, the recoveries of Long and Bradford, and some surprise rookie looking amazing - maybe Ethan Westbrooks, maybe a guy like Mo Alexander gets out there before he's expected and just looks like the second coming of Aeneas at safety.
Also I think the players goofing on each other will get a lot of play with pranks and whatnot.
Remember last year, one of the big awesome stories was Zuerlein and Hekker and their crazy trick kicks, so there'll also probably be something we never saw coming. Maybe Tavon Austin takes up parkour in his free time or something.
Yup. It was already one of the big OTA storylines, and those guys sure do chirp, so I expect a lot more of that. Hopefully combined with a growing respect for each other's talent.Looking forward to Britt vs Jenkins and Johnson too. That'll probably be some of the most intense action we'll hear about haha. Looking forward to the next iteration of smack cam or whatever will replace it. Finnegan is gone but you know Long will be goofin around.
really? and how much have you actually heard since they started OTA's, other than on message boards? I haven't seen a whole lot of media attention brought to it, like I said, since the first day or two of OTAs.
Sounds to me, that all the things you mentioned in your above post, about how they will make the least little thing into a story and turning this or that into an homophobic response, seems to be the very thing YOU are doing now. Wanting him off the team, based on things that may or not happen, even if HE personally isn't doing anything to contribute to it, is harsh. IF, the media acts in their typical irresponsible manner, how is that Michael Sam's doing?
And please don't say he didn't have to "out himself",,, because it is pretty well known, that the "story" was going to come out either way. He just chose to get in front of it, and do it on HIS terms.
I didn't even think about Sam.
I'm also interested in watching the Pead-Cunningham-Mason battle.