I know Mixon is off our board .. But should he be..

[WOW!!]

He did a horrible thing and there is no forgetting that.. He has shown remorse and paid for his crime. If Greg had done the same it might be a different story for him..

Is stuff done in youth suppose to effect the rest of your life?? Is that fair?? Alot of us would be fuged if true..

Let's be real if the kid wasn't greatly talented nobody would give a fug.. But he is so why not take advantage of the value of getting a 1st round talent in the 4th??

 

[LinvilleGorge]

Yeah, he should be. I hope the guy has truly learned from that situation, has become a better man from it, and goes on to do great things in the community.

Someone will give him a chance, but it sure as hell won't be us and I don't have a problem with that.

[davos]

This all comes down to interview for the kid.  He has top-15 talent IMO but off-the-field is huge.  

[WOW!!]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, he should be. I hope the guy has truly learned from that situation, has become a better man from it, and goes on to do great things in the community.

Someone will give him a chance, but it sure as hell won't be us and I don't have a problem with that.

So are we now and forever forbidden in taking anybody with a troubled past??

That seems like cutting down the talent pool we can have.. Which only hurts us.  

[nctarheel0619]

5 minutes ago, WOW!! said:

So are we now and forever forbidden in taking anybody with a troubled past??

That seems like cutting down the talent pool we can have.. Which only hurts us.  

He's a first round talent easily.  But, the way they run this team, no chance.  

[WOW!!]

It kills me that we are going to let some Moral high ground stop us from getting.. Maybe the next David Johnson. 

[SIGCHI222]

If Bruton ever writes the checks, this would be a distinct possibility. 

 

 

 

Jerry...no way.

[LinvilleGorge]

9 minutes ago, WOW!! said:

So are we now and forever forbidden in taking anybody with a troubled past??

That seems like cutting down the talent pool we can have.. Which only hurts us.  

Anyone with a troubled past? No. We drafted Worley last year when he'd been arrested for assault and battery.

But, there's a big difference between "troubled past" and knocking out a woman on video. Ray Rice was an elite NFL RB and got essentially blackballed from the league for doing that.

[arbnranger]

Never a good look hitting a female for any reason, we all know and accept that. 

However for my entertainment, he was young and I'm willing to forgive, if, he's getting those hard earned first downs and TD's

Just being honest. 

[Mr. Miagi]

Fug yes. That video was fuggn hard to watch. However, I think he learned a lot from it. I'm sure this past year went by real fast for him. 

 

I would take him though in the 3rd. But, we won't. 

[panthers55]

There are plenty of talented players who also have high character so that we can pass on this one without feeling like we missed anything. It isn't as if he is so skilled or unique that we have to take any chances he turns into the same kind of problem Hardy did. There are plenty of great options throughout the draft.

[LinvilleGorge]

It's a bad year for Mixon to be entering the draft. This is one of the deepest RB classes in recent memory. Plenty of teams will feel plenty comfortable with taking him off their board because there's plenty of other prospects available.

[gorillamilitia13]

I don't think he should be off our board. Look what he did was wrong but the dude is only 20, our brains aren't fully developed, especially our prefrontal cortex which governs a lot of our decision making, until we're 25. I don't think that serves as an excuse for what he did by any means but I don't think he shouldn't be given a chance because of that incident. If he shows good character in his combine, pro day, interviews and what else I think we should at least keep him on our boards but that won't happen.

[WOW!!]

22 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Anyone with a troubled past? No. We drafted Worley last year when he'd been arrested for assault and battery.

But, there's a big difference between "troubled past" and knocking out a woman on video. Ray Rice was an elite NFL RB and got essentially blackballed from the league for doing that.

He was a young kid he made a mistake and owned up to it..

He has already been punished and will be punished more by not getting drafted where his talent says he should be...

Just being honest... why not take advantage of this situation..

And lets be honest..

If Ray Rice wasn't already in decline before the incident he would be on a team now. 

Let Elliot do the same thing and see what happens..