With the NFL draft quickly approaching, we’re now starting to see all the usual reports, speculations, and shenanigans that we see every spring. Shenanigans, you ask? Oh yes, shenanigans, I say. The worst of these is typically when someone tries to raise illegitimate red flags about a draft prospect, presumably so that the player’s draft stock will plummet… Read More »
It’s always interesting (to me at least) to see all the spin control from injured college players as we get closer to the NFL draft. Typically, the players (or more accurately, their agents) jump at any chance to downplay a college injury history and present the player as 100% healthy. Of course, this is often not the case.… Read More »
Nobody was too surprised yesterday when 49ers RB Marcus Lattimore announced that he was retiring from football. For those who might not be familiar with Lattimore, the surprising part is that he retired at the age of 23 and without ever playing in an NFL game. Lattimore shredded his knee (medical term) in a college game back in… Read More »
As is the case with many college athletes, Marcus Lattimore did not complete his education and earn a degree. Instead, Lattimore chose to enter the NFL draft, and ended up with the San Francisco 49ers. No shame in that… I’m not here to preach about the importance of higher education. Lattimore was working towards a degree in public… Read More »
Based on my last few posts, you might think I’m just a cynic who loves to doubt everyone’s rosy injury rehab timelines. You might be right. But even a callused pessimist like myself had to stop and chuckle at the latest news to come out of St. Louis. Rams’ head coach Jeff Fisher talked to the St. Louis… Read More »
This seems to be the first week (probably of many) where NFL players recovering from knee injuries come out to say that they are, “ahead of schedule,” without giving us a single reason why they feel that way. I dug into the topic earlier when NaVorro Bowman seemed to be speaking out of his butt. I guess nobody… Read More »
Why do players think they can get away with optimistic injury sound bites without providing any details to back it up? For once, I have an answer. They do it because they can. Nobody ever seems to question them about it. There’s a curious story developing right now with San Francisco 49ers’ linebacker NaVorro Bowman. Bowman pretty… Read More »