“Guaranteed he will be a starter no matter how badly he plays. Libs and media will say it’s homophobic if he isn’t a starter. Some of the media is already demanding he be on the starting team and saying the Rams will have hell to pay if they don’t make him a starter.”
Uh, no. That’s not how pro sports works.
Are the Rams going to bench Robert Quinn, who led the NFC with 19 Sacks and start Sam? Or maybe Chris Long who has tallied 33 Sacks in the last 3 seasons?
Not gonna happen.
The Rams have arguably the best DL in the NFL and it got better when they drafted DT Aaron Donald with the 13th pick — Sam isn’t going to displace any starter or any player backup in the DL rotation.
But that is how politicized ANYTHING works. Given his scouting combine results, Michael Sam is unfit to play in the NFL - or at least be drafted at all.
And yet, here we are with him whining (i.e.: setting the expectations) that he should have been drafted higher.
We'll see if the Rams have their heads up their collective fourth point of contact or not...
Uh, no. That’s not how pro sports works.
Wait and see. He is the first and he is “special.” He is not an NFL calibre player and was drafted anyway. Is he happy about that? No, because he is already crying crocodile tears because he wasn’t drafted higher. There will be enormous pressure put on the Rams to play him. And you can rest assured the media will shower him with praise no matter how lousy he plays.