Sam Scouting Report Talent Not Sexuality May Hurt Draft Status
Those concerns persisted during the Senior Bowl practices in mid-January, as he faced NFL-level offensive tackles. Struggling against offensive tackles with the necessary kick slide to get balanced on the edge, Sam was near irrelevant in Mobile all week, and failed to show he can be anything more than a situational pass rusher, as of now, in the NFL. As far as what his announcement and the fact that he’ll be the first gay man in the NFL, I spoke with one NFL source who told me that it shouldn’t affect his actual stock because it obviously has little impact of his ability on the field....