The Rams will still need a player in the games, the Pro-Sam Crowd will not be happy with him sitting on the bench, they will say “he’s not playing because he’s gay” whereas the same crowd was saying “he had not been drafted because he’s gay” before he was finally selected but if he doesn’t produce on the field and others would do better, I’m not so sure. His supporters won’t be happy with him riding the pine.
“Michael Sam: Is emotional kiss exactly what some NFL teams were afraid of?” - CS Monitor
“Only one thing can be said with certainty: By taking Sam with the eighth-to-last pick of the seven-round draft, the St. Louis Rams saved the NFL a small public-relations nightmare.
Had he not been drafted, many questions would have been asked, most of them uncomfortable.”