Dear Michael,
Stop, think, repeat.
You are a talent at wide receiver, true, but it’s clear that you didn’t pick up much common sense in getting a Texas Tech education.
You were the 10th selection in the NFL Draft in April and you want more money than the receiver taken ahead of you, Darrius Heyward-Bey. Thus, you have been a hold out — the only first-round draft pick unsigned at this point.
You don’t deserve the money of a first-round pick, which you think you do. You say you’re prepared to re-enter the draft next year if you don’t get what you want.
When will the common sense kick in?
By sitting out an entire season, you are first hurting yourself physically. While Heyward-Bey and every other receiver in the league are getting game experience, you’ll be training by yourself or sitting at home watching.
Holding out is also a horrible reflection on your character, which is as big as anything right now in a league full of legal issues. You won’t be worth the risk — at least not for the $$$ you’re asking for.
Not many people can make Al Davis look like a smart man these days, but you’ve found a way! While you were watching Monday Night Football, Heyward-Bey was catching touchdown passes and proving why he was much more deserving of the money and high draft pick than you.
By re-entering the draft, you’ll be a third-rounder at best. I understand that as of right now the 2010-11 NFL season is capless.
However, no team will risk more money on you than the 49ers are right now — which is head and shoulders above the deals of any other No. 10 pick in draft history.
You’re setting yourself up for a rough road in professional football. And don’t think for one minute that, if you do get a deal you like, defenders across the league won’t look for you on the field.
They’ll see this rookie who acts holier than thou, expecting the world served to him because he played great at school.
You’ll get served the first time you run between the hashes my friend.
–
Chris | TBP
