Cool XL story

[Icege]

2 hours ago, BlazeCarolina said:

It is definitely important.  I am with you on that.  I don't want bad people anywhere near my team.  I am a big locker room type guy.

My point is, there are plenty of good people out in the world for us to be interested in.  We are here for football.  In this setting, they have to be good at that first in my opinion.  If they are a trash human, that does outweigh it all for me, though.

Oh, for sure. Winning an award for "best guys off the field" doesn't necessarily translate to "best guys on the field" and at times you'll need to have one or three of those players that the best you can do to defend them is, "Yea... they're assholes... but they're our assholes so keep your mouth shut about them."

At the same time, again this is speaking strictly for myself and not condemning opposing views, I'm a fan and don't have to worry about losing my income because of their performances. If I were a front office member, my focus would probably be more on how they help the team win games vs. whether or not I trust them behind the wheel at 2am on a Saturday. As the customer, I want my football team to win games and be valued, contributing members of the community.

[BlazeCarolina]

10 minutes ago, Icege said:

Oh, for sure. Winning an award for "best guys off the field" doesn't necessarily translate to "best guys on the field" and at times you'll need to have one or three of those players that the best you can do to defend them is, "Yea... they're assholes... but they're our assholes so keep your mouth shut about them."

At the same time, again this is speaking strictly for myself and not condemning opposing views, I'm a fan and don't have to worry about losing my income because of their performances. If I were a front office member, my focus would probably be more on how they help the team win games vs. whether or not I trust them behind the wheel at 2am on a Saturday. As the customer, I want my football team to win games and be valued, contributing members of the community.

I value off the field more than most.

I guess, the best example I can think of is someone like Greg Olsen.  I know he does a lot of charitable work, and I appreciate that.  I am not following him on social media trying to see what he is doing next with the HEARTest Yard, though.

I care about football.  As long as they aren't being a detriment to society, I am generally happy.  If they are positively contributing, even better.  If they aren't contributing on the field, though, I just don't really care.

Off the field should be more important, but I am honest.

[Tbe]

I don’t see a massive jump for XL this year.

His best pro year will most likely be next year. That will tell us what he’ll be going forward.

I think he’ll be a solid contributor, but not a super star

[Barney]

The catches from the practice film with the Texans look more like he did his senior year in college.  He was very good at catching with his hands and high pointing the ball.  I hope that last year he may have just been adjusting and been in his head a little bit.  

[mc52beast]

If his on-field play equals his off-field play he’ll be a HOFer