He was drafted because he was gay,iirc. They didn’t care about his performance. I assume it was distracting for the team and he had some great plays. Football is not about great plays, it’s about a winning team. He clearly isn’t a team player, instead focusing his every moment on how whom he sleeps with defines him. Being gay is his passion, football is not. The great players have passion for football oozing from them.
Just as every popular TV series needs it’s openly-gay characters today (whether they fit the storyline or not) somebody in the NFL front office (Goddell) decided that the NFL needed it’s Gay Player. I’ve always suspected the league jammed the Philadelphia Eagles into giving Michael Vick a contract. I’m certain that they pressured the Rams to take Michael Sam in the draft.