(07-14-2017, 04:10 AM)kckolbe Wrote:So, ESPN did a great 30 for 30 on the Elway situation (Elway to Marino) where you see the mistakes that were made and the obstacles to making a deal happen sooner. Really interesting stuff.
Remember that we, as players, are different. There is not a lot of variety in O line builds compared to LBs, so playing for different teams is less likely to affect how you need to build. I want to be great for my team, and if I feel I won't be able to, then I tell them I think I'm a bad pick. As I mentioned in my recent presser, I told that to HENDRIX only to learn I was wrong, and would be thrilled to play for them (and they had the same record as the Cats).
I also told Liberty I would love to play for them. Hell, they were the first team I reached out to. Good or bad isn't what I care about. Bad and making no effort to get better is different.
Example: I am a BAD system fit for the Cats. You may disagree, but that is my belief and has been from the beginning (see How to Make Me Want You for details). I told them what I think we would need to do to make it work, and the fact that they didn't reach out to me to talk about it tells me that they don't care about making it work, meaning I would play poorly, be losing, and feeling unappreciated. Who wants that, even for a year? In addition, developing over that year would limit the number of teams that I COULD be a fit for in S3. It's doing a lot more damage than I think you realize.
Don't get me wrong, I've read your articles and reasoning why. I've read a lot of people's arrivals and their reasonings why or why not team a should draft them, etc.
That's not the point I'm making or anything like that.
To go off your last thing, I think you're overthinking that it would cause a lot more damage then not. Let's say they do draft you and you want to sit out (whichever team) then it'll hurt you in the long run by simply not being able to get training in and wasting a year of progression / pushing 1 year closer to regression, just to go back into the draft the next year.
I'm not trying to argue or anything, just how I look at the situation is all. Best of luck to you in the draft, and hope you live up to your 1st round dreams :cheers:
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