Do you want Te'o on your favorite NFL team?

[93Devil]

After the way this has played out, and is still playing out, do you want him taking a roster spot on your team?

 

[YGBFKM]

He'd bring a Tebowlike level of distraction, and he's not good enough to be worth the trouble.

 

[Boom_70]

If he is available The Ravens will throw him a lifeline and slot him in to replace Lewis. They deal with distraction well.

 

[YankeeFan]

I don't want a gay guy on my favorite team.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I don't want him because I don't think he's big enough or good enough -- and if I'm wrong it will go on a long list of players I was wrong about -- but I don't care about any of this stuff and I don't think it will matter ultimately.

 

[cyclingwriter]

Imagine him on a team with tebow?

 

[Norrin Radd]

The fact he stayed in school is a major boon in his favor.

 

[farmerjerome]

He got smoked against Alabama -- weeks after he found out about the hoax. Either he played bad because he's not that good or he played bad because it was in his head. Either way it's not a ringing endorsement.

 

[DanOregon]

One thing his agent might demand from all teams - don't phone Manti before you draft him.

I just hope he doesn't end up a-Lion.

 

[spikechiquet]

Too much distraction and not enough talent.

 

[Tarheel316]

I'd love to hear a full accounting of the hazing he receives from whatever team he ends up with.

How about the hazing he'll get from opponents?

 

[Versatile]

No.
Although there is a decent success rate lately for linebackers taken in the first round.
Aaron Curry and Ernie Sims are the only real first-round flameouts at the position going back 10 years.

Bobby Carpenter was pretty bad, too, but it's definitely a position with a high success rate.

I'm not sure about LongTimeListener's size complaint. He's 6-1, 248 pounds. There aren't many bigger middle linebackers.

 

[Boom_70]

Teo's game reminds me a bit of Pat Angerer who starts at ILB for The Colts at 6 FT 235. If Angerer can start in The NFL I believe that Teo can also.
Not sure that he is a first round pick though.

 

[dixiehack]

[consults Titans depth chart]

Sweet Jesus, yes.

[/consults Titans depth chart]

 

[LongTimeListener]

No.
Although there is a decent success rate lately for linebackers taken in the first round.
Aaron Curry and Ernie Sims are the only real first-round flameouts at the position going back 10 years.

Bobby Carpenter was pretty bad, too, but it's definitely a position with a high success rate.

I'm not sure about LongTimeListener's size complaint. He's 6-1, 248 pounds. There aren't many bigger middle linebackers.

And on the ESPN profile he is 6-2, 255. LOL. He is only 6 feet tall if Lennay measured him.

 

[PeterGibbons]

As a Dolphins fan... I would love to see him go to the Jets and add to the soap opera

 

[Versatile]

Also, the poll is stupid. If my favorite NFL team had the 28th pick in the draft and needed a middle linebacker, I would Manti Te'o. If my favorite NFL team had the eighth pick in the draft and needed a middle linebacker, I would not want Te'o unless he was available in the second round.

 

[93Devil]

Also, the poll is stupid. If my favorite NFL team had the 28th pick in the draft and needed a middle linebacker, I would Manti Te'o. If my favorite NFL team had the eighth pick in the draft and needed a middle linebacker, I would not want Te'o unless he was available in the second round.

It's not stupid.

I would not want him taking a roster spot on the team. That goes for a 1st round draft pick or an undrafted free agent signing. I would want Tebow before this guy.

 

[LongTimeListener]

What the **** is any of this girlfriend **** going to matter as to whether he is a good NFL player? I mean, Jesus Christ. Guys have stuff 10 times worse than this going on all around them and play.

I repeat: I don't think Te'o is going to be a very good player. I could easily be wrong on that. But all of this crap is a big fat zero in terms of his potential and scouting profile. To say you wouldn't want him even as an undrafted free agent is asinine.

 

[Stoney]

Also, the poll is stupid. If my favorite NFL team had the 28th pick in the draft and needed a middle linebacker, I would Manti Te'o. If my favorite NFL team had the eighth pick in the draft and needed a middle linebacker, I would not want Te'o unless he was available in the second round.

It's not stupid.

I would not want him taking a roster spot on the team. That goes for a 1st round draft pick or an undrafted free agent signing. I would want Tebow before this guy.

To me, saying you'd take an undrafted nobody over Te'o because of the Lennay Kekua bull**** is just idiotic.

There's no reason this silly little scandal should deprive him of a career. He committed no crimes, he had nothing to do with creating the hoax, he's never been in any trouble off the field, and by all accounts he's been a model citizen, student and teammate in all his other endeavors the last four years.

Hell, the league's full of scumbags who've committed intentional crimes, including one the world's been slobbering all over the last two weeks in the buildup to ths Super Bowl. But we're gonna ostracize Te'o because he was duped by some ridiculous phony girlfriend scam? Oh please. People have short attention spans, the "distraction" factor will dissipate soon enough.

I agree with Versatile, I'm not sure how to even answer the poll. No, I wouldn't expend a high first round pick on him. But would I take him if still available later in the draft? Hell yes, in a heartbeat.