Charlie Law spent his draft day with his family. The decision ruffled a few feathers at the time, but also was perfectly representative of who the teams would be getting in the outspoken, off kilter, hard working, passably handsome Tight End from Boise State. He’d announced it days ahead of time, and the team that ultimately drafted him (the Outlaws of course) said that it didn’t affect their decision at all. Some experts had Law falling pretty far even before what was described as a “stunt” at the time. History has of course shown that the supposed stunt was really just Law being Law. And of course that anyone who passed on the him for this reason was, to quote Shakespeare, “a fucking idiot”. He did turn out to be the moderately agreed second best Tight End in the league, barring a flash in the pan Tanner here and a never actually panned out Askins there and a no, no, this time it’s really gonna happen Crush later on. He went in the second round, despite the predictions of certain unnamed analysts *cough @RedCyranath * said he was an 8th round prospect who would go to the fledgling DSFL. Law received his phone call from Outlaw management and signed his contract the following day after flying out with his family on the team’s private jet to tour the stadium and meet coaches. He has since led the Tight End position for touchdown receptions and pancake blocks in two of his three seasons.
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