Manti Te'o draft status was in doubt before hoax

IT'S TE'O TIME. Like I was the only guy thinking it!!!!

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Originally posted 10:10 PM ET  02.25 by Center Ice

IT'S TE'O TIME. Like I was the only guy thinking it!!!!

He even kinda looks like an Asian Tebow.

it's uncanny, the similarities. Super religious, somewhat naive, huge amounts of National attention, many questions about how successful they'll be in the NFL, etc.

It's odd.

But I'm still rooting for both of those dudes to ultimately succeed. The world needs more good guys succeeding, IMO. I'm tired of seeing all the doooosh bags on top.

If the tight ends are running 4.4s and 4.5s he's gonna get burned over and over again. Many guys play faster than their 40 times but the Alabama game might just be a sneak preview of what's in store for this guy. I think I'd have to pass on him.

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Originally posted 10:34 PM ET  02.25 by UtahFriday

If the tight ends are running 4.4s and 4.5s he's gonna get burned over and over again. Many guys play faster than their 40 times but the Alabama game might just be a sneak preview of what's in store for this guy. I think I'd have to pass on him.

A smart linebacker can compensate for a lack of speed. Positioning, for one, can help immensely.

Slow LB's can succeed in the NFL. Not saying Teo is a guarantee, but a bad 40 time certainly shouldn't be a death knell for him.

The can't make this up, this guy is on a crash course to failure, he better get back in the gym and away from the press, or he goes in the 7th round if he's lucky, who wants a guy who doesn't show up at a Championship game, can't run and creates a story of a girlfriend that died, he's got a lot of baggage that he has to rid himself of, it all starts and ends in the gym!!!

Teo can thank NBC for his Heisman hype because he wouldn't have been a starter on some teams, like Georgia, LSU and probably anyone in the SEC. I can't imagine him getting drafted until round 3 unless Josh McDaniels is a HC somewhere.

regardless of his alleged skills....he just does not seem right in the head......you need your players to not cause those kind of concerns.

Te'o was told that he'd be taken in the first round. He was told this for years by someone over the telephone and online, but never in-person. One day, he found out that the mystery draft overseer had died. Sure enough, on draft day, he found out that the person never really existed and he went in one of the subsequent rounds.

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Originally posted 06:35 AM ET  02.26 by AGStrange

Te'o was told that he'd be taken in the first round. He was told this for years by someone over the telephone and online, but never in-person. One day, he found out that the mystery draft overseer had died. Sure enough, on draft day, he found out that the person never really existed and he went in one of the subsequent rounds.

Uhhhh.... Ok?

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Originally posted 10:36 PM ET  02.25 by Marlins Fan

A smart linebacker can compensate for a lack of speed. Positioning, for one, can help immensely.Slow LB's can succeed in the NFL. Not saying Teo is a guarantee, but a bad 40 time certainly shouldn't be a death knell for him.

well, another knock on him is that he has been described as being out of position and taking bad angles....sounds like he isn't smart either...and that's based on football, not his belief that a dude on the phone was his girlfriend...

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Originally posted 06:35 AM ET  02.26 by AGStrange

Te'o was told that he'd be taken in the first round. He was told this for years by someone over the telephone and online, but never in-person. One day, he found out that the mystery draft overseer had died. Sure enough, on draft day, he found out that the person never really existed and he went in one of the subsequent rounds.

I am starting to wonder if teams will pass completely and he may go undrafted...who wants to invite that kind of distraction into a lockerroom? Even if he was a good player, wouldn't the potential disruption caused by some players thinking he's gay be enough to say "not worth it"...?

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Originally posted 11:42 PM ET  02.25 by Not4Nutten

The can't make this up, this guy is on a crash course to failure, he better get back in the gym and away from the press, or he goes in the 7th round if he's lucky, who wants a guy who doesn't show up at a Championship game, can't run and creates a story of a girlfriend that died, he's got a lot of baggage that he has to rid himself of, it all starts and ends in the gym!!!

I agree with your gym/work statement. Problem with that is it should have started when he was about 15 years old and never let up. There's no cramming for the test ahead for this guy. If he's not fast, not big, not smart, not strong (he didn't do the bench because of a shoulder injury) and a head case why in the world would anyone spend serious money on him?

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Originally posted 08:00 AM ET  02.26 by ---Loki---

I am starting to wonder if teams will pass completely and he may go undrafted...who wants to invite that kind of distraction into a lockerroom? Even if he was a good player, wouldn't the potential disruption caused by some players thinking he's gay be enough to say "not worth it"...?

There is no way he will go undrafted.

While being gay in today's world is not much of a big deal, I imagine it still would be in an NFL locker room. I don't care what the players on my team have going on, but I wouldn't want my team to be the first guinea pig for a gay player in the locker room, with all the hoopla, media, etc.