Posted on 08/30/2014 1:08:15 PM PDT by GreenAccord
EARTH CITY, Mo. -- The St. Louis Rams released defensive end Michael Sam on Saturday, according to multiple league sources.
Sam's efforts to become the first openly gay player in NFL history came up just short in a competition against undrafted rookie Ethan Westbrooks.
Westbrooks is one of nine defensive linemen to land a roster spot.
Sam officially hit waivers Saturday at 4 p.m. ET when all NFL teams had to trim their rosters down to the league-mandated 53 players. From there, the other 31 teams will have 24 hours to put in a claim for Sam.
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Sounds like he celebrated prematurely, if any of this is accurate. Save the celebrations for when you actually have results confirmed. That’s the wise way to go.
You got it.
San Diego? Bold pick.
I would say
AFC East: Pats (yawn) we’ll see if the Jets give em a race
AFC North Cincy, unpredictable division
AFC South Indy
AFC West Denver
WCs SD and TEN!
NFC East Philly
NFC North Screw it, I won’t pick against my Bears, gonna be a tough race with the F pack. Bears could be 12-4, or 6-10.
NFC South Everyone is picking NOLA, I will too
NFC West SEA (seems like people expect San Fran to falter)
WCs GB and AZ
For the SB I’ll predict a SEA repeat,
We’re pretty much in agreement.
I’d pick SEA, but there’s been no repeat champ since the Pats and their cameras...
What team would want a mediocre player on the team who would suck the oxygen out of every single news story about the team a coach might want to spotlight?
Not as of yet.
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