Yet another Michael Sam Thread: CFL Edition
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You think he isn't good enough to play in the cfl if you don't like him you don't like him but come on man.
he'll prob struggle in the cfl, qbs are much more mobile and hes already slow
timothy_strickland
BRUHZ
Media folks already comparing this to when Jackie Robinson played for the Montreal Royals
Yo, lets compare a fakkit whos not talented enough to perform in the NFL to one of the GOATs in baseball history and an example of #black excellence
montreal sports media is
FOH with that bullshyt
Bernie Madoff
Banned
?? No guarantee he balls out
breh
Bernie Madoff
Banned
That gay mafiaYo, lets compare a fakkit whos not talented enough to perform in the NFL to the one of the GOATs in baseball history and an example of #black excellence
FOH with that bullshyt
You can't even say hes not good without being a gay basher... Right @hayesc0 ?
nikka I dont care one way or another I just think you crazy if you dont think he will be able to play in the cfl.
Sounds like a gay ass team too. Alouettes? 
Has the lisp at the end and everything.
Has the lisp at the end and everything.
Goat poster
KANG LIFE
Michael Sam should be in the NFL Brehs 
While a lot of talk had been made about the NFL Draft history of SEC Defensive Players of the Year (Michael is the first ever to not be selected in the first five rounds, and only the second to not go in the first two rounds), there are other numbers that tell a more compelling story of the history that is being made by the NFL keeping Sam on the sideline.
Since 2000, 73 different men have won the Defensive Player of the Year award in the big five football conferences: ACC, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac-12 and SEC. Of those 73 men, only four have fared worse in the NFL Draft than Sam, all of whom went undrafted.
None of these players – except Sam – were drafted in the seventh round. It's interesting, though, to compare Sam to Nick Reed (not the same Nike Reid as above), the 2008 Pac-10 Defensive Lineman of the Year. He was selected 247th in the 2009 NFL Draft (two spots ahead of where Sam was drafted five years later). Like Sam, Reed was a defensive end (for Oregon) who had an "undersized" label. In fact, Reed was an inch shorter and 10 pounds lighter than Sam.
Unlike Sam, Reed made the Seahawks' active roster that season after a strong preseason. Sam was cut by the St. Louis Rams after his strong preseason in which he was fourth in the NFL in sacks.
Reed was given the chance to grow and prove himself with a team. So far Sam, a similar player, has not been given that equal opportunity.
Of all 73 men to win one of these prestigious defensive awards from the big conferences, Sam is only the third one ever – and the first to be drafted – to not be with a team halfway through his rookie season. And again, if practice squads had 10 spots in 2006, Reid very well may have been with the Chiefs.
To put it another way, of the 73 DPOYs in the big conferences since 2000, 95 percent were selected earlier than Michael Sam; all but two since 2000 (97 percent) – and 100 percent in the last eight years – made an active roster his rookie season ... all except for Sam.
While a lot of talk had been made about the NFL Draft history of SEC Defensive Players of the Year (Michael is the first ever to not be selected in the first five rounds, and only the second to not go in the first two rounds), there are other numbers that tell a more compelling story of the history that is being made by the NFL keeping Sam on the sideline.
Since 2000, 73 different men have won the Defensive Player of the Year award in the big five football conferences: ACC, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac-12 and SEC. Of those 73 men, only four have fared worse in the NFL Draft than Sam, all of whom went undrafted.
- Jackson Jeffcoat was the Big XII Defensive Player of the Year just last season. The Texas linebacker signed with the Seattle Seahawks after the draft, was cut in August, then signed with Washington before Week 1. Incidentally, no Texas players were drafted in 2014. He's currently on Washington's active roster.
- Mark Herzlich was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2008. The former Boston College linebacker signed with the New York Giants in 2011, made the 53-man roster and just re-signed with the Giants this past March.
- Nick Reid was the 2005 Big XII Defensive Player of the Year and went undrafted in 2006. He played in NFL Europe and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in spring of 2006. He was cut by the Chiefs and assigned to NFL Europe again, later signed by the Chiefs after the Super Bowl in 2007. If the practice squad had 10 spots in 2006 the way it does today, chances are good Reid would have been on that practice squad.
- Dale Robinson, the 2005 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year out of Arizona State, got the least traction of any of these players, going undrafted and being cut by the Indianapolis Colts before the start of the 2006 season. Again, the practice squads were smaller in size then.
None of these players – except Sam – were drafted in the seventh round. It's interesting, though, to compare Sam to Nick Reed (not the same Nike Reid as above), the 2008 Pac-10 Defensive Lineman of the Year. He was selected 247th in the 2009 NFL Draft (two spots ahead of where Sam was drafted five years later). Like Sam, Reed was a defensive end (for Oregon) who had an "undersized" label. In fact, Reed was an inch shorter and 10 pounds lighter than Sam.
Unlike Sam, Reed made the Seahawks' active roster that season after a strong preseason. Sam was cut by the St. Louis Rams after his strong preseason in which he was fourth in the NFL in sacks.
Reed was given the chance to grow and prove himself with a team. So far Sam, a similar player, has not been given that equal opportunity.
Of all 73 men to win one of these prestigious defensive awards from the big conferences, Sam is only the third one ever – and the first to be drafted – to not be with a team halfway through his rookie season. And again, if practice squads had 10 spots in 2006, Reid very well may have been with the Chiefs.
To put it another way, of the 73 DPOYs in the big conferences since 2000, 95 percent were selected earlier than Michael Sam; all but two since 2000 (97 percent) – and 100 percent in the last eight years – made an active roster his rookie season ... all except for Sam.
Goat poster
KANG LIFE
Media folks already comparing this to when Jackie Robinson played for the Montreal Royals
Or Warren Moon who had to go to Edmonton to BEAST before the NFL would take him.
Yoooo you should send this info to an nfl team asapMichael Sam should be in the NFL Brehs
While a lot of talk had been made about the NFL Draft history of SEC Defensive Players of the Year (Michael is the first ever to not be selected in the first five rounds, and only the second to not go in the first two rounds), there are other numbers that tell a more compelling story of the history that is being made by the NFL keeping Sam on the sideline.
Since 2000, 73 different men have won the Defensive Player of the Year award in the big five football conferences: ACC, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac-12 and SEC. Of those 73 men, only four have fared worse in the NFL Draft than Sam, all of whom went undrafted.
The three former Defensive Players of the Year to go in the sixth round: Michigan State linebacker Greg Jones in 2011, Oklahoma linebacker Rufus Alexander in 2006 and Oregon State DE Bill Swancutt in 2005. All three men were on active rosters in the NFL for at least three seasons.
- Jackson Jeffcoat was the Big XII Defensive Player of the Year just last season. The Texas linebacker signed with the Seattle Seahawks after the draft, was cut in August, then signed with Washington before Week 1. Incidentally, no Texas players were drafted in 2014. He's currently on Washington's active roster.
- Mark Herzlich was the ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2008. The former Boston College linebacker signed with the New York Giants in 2011, made the 53-man roster and just re-signed with the Giants this past March.
- Nick Reid was the 2005 Big XII Defensive Player of the Year and went undrafted in 2006. He played in NFL Europe and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in spring of 2006. He was cut by the Chiefs and assigned to NFL Europe again, later signed by the Chiefs after the Super Bowl in 2007. If the practice squad had 10 spots in 2006 the way it does today, chances are good Reid would have been on that practice squad.
- Dale Robinson, the 2005 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year out of Arizona State, got the least traction of any of these players, going undrafted and being cut by the Indianapolis Colts before the start of the 2006 season. Again, the practice squads were smaller in size then.
None of these players – except Sam – were drafted in the seventh round. It's interesting, though, to compare Sam to Nick Reed (not the same Nike Reid as above), the 2008 Pac-10 Defensive Lineman of the Year. He was selected 247th in the 2009 NFL Draft (two spots ahead of where Sam was drafted five years later). Like Sam, Reed was a defensive end (for Oregon) who had an "undersized" label. In fact, Reed was an inch shorter and 10 pounds lighter than Sam.
Unlike Sam, Reed made the Seahawks' active roster that season after a strong preseason. Sam was cut by the St. Louis Rams after his strong preseason in which he was fourth in the NFL in sacks.
Reed was given the chance to grow and prove himself with a team. So far Sam, a similar player, has not been given that equal opportunity.
Of all 73 men to win one of these prestigious defensive awards from the big conferences, Sam is only the third one ever – and the first to be drafted – to not be with a team halfway through his rookie season. And again, if practice squads had 10 spots in 2006, Reid very well may have been with the Chiefs.
To put it another way, of the 73 DPOYs in the big conferences since 2000, 95 percent were selected earlier than Michael Sam; all but two since 2000 (97 percent) – and 100 percent in the last eight years – made an active roster his rookie season ... all except for Sam.
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philly.
can't tell if this is thinly veiled sarcasm or genuine uninformed posting. gonna dap anyway....NFL remains fakkit-free!