https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2017/8/16/16155430/nfl-wasnt-ready-cleveland-browns-jabrill-peppers
Pretty interesting to think that what we presumed was a feature, his flexibility, was considered a bug by the NFL.......the whole thing is unsettling...I mean, are college players there to win NCAA games, or refine their film for the NFL scouts????
"He said that “88 percent” of teams hammered him for playing too many positions in his college career and not playing his eventual NFL position—safety—enough. (For his part, Peppers said he doesn’t regret where he played because his Wolverines won a lot of games during his tenure.) A typical conversation with teams during predraft meetings, Peppers told me, went like this: “They said, ‘You do everything. You’re here, you’re here, you’re here. We’re going to play you at one position. How can we be sure that you’re going to master this position?’”
Pretty interesting to think that what we presumed was a feature, his flexibility, was considered a bug by the NFL.......the whole thing is unsettling...I mean, are college players there to win NCAA games, or refine their film for the NFL scouts????
"He said that “88 percent” of teams hammered him for playing too many positions in his college career and not playing his eventual NFL position—safety—enough. (For his part, Peppers said he doesn’t regret where he played because his Wolverines won a lot of games during his tenure.) A typical conversation with teams during predraft meetings, Peppers told me, went like this: “They said, ‘You do everything. You’re here, you’re here, you’re here. We’re going to play you at one position. How can we be sure that you’re going to master this position?’”
