I get the heart thing and I get the under 300 lbs thing but JFC it's the second half of the third round and the universally-acknowledged best DT in college football hasn't been drafted.
Free Agent fan here. I’m gonna explore my options and take my loyalty somewhere else. Guess I can’t call it loyalty, can I ? Whatever, eff you bungles.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:00 PM ^
I know I'm biased but Mo is flat out better than these guys.
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Me too. And look at my (misspelled) name.
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No DL help again.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:06 PM ^
Booo....Lions break my heart as per usual.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:06 PM ^
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At this point I'll believe that Mo gets drafted when I see them actually call his name.
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This is nuts, I have to believe he'll get drafted in like the 4th round or something, I can't believe someone who was projected like top 20 at one point can fall much further than that.
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April 28th, 2018 at 10:17 AM ^
Well, social media loves to not tell the whole truth and just pass along headlines/sentences that reach millions. You could make the case that none of this has any effect on those who are drafting the players. But, I'm curious if some "weaker minded" front offices pass on him because they don't want their fanbase to think they just drafted a guy with a major heart condition. Mo has a heart condition but has been cleared to play. I cant say for certain obviously, I just feel like this wouldn't have become this big of an issue 10/20/30 years ago. I feel like he would have been drafted a while ago.
Who knows, just kicking stuff around here.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:23 PM ^
April 27th, 2018 at 10:49 PM ^
has nothing to do with the drop. NFL teams would still red flagged him medically because they investigate everything on prospects from background check to medicals.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^
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We have one of the best cardiovascular centers around. I don't get it.
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Or, it just reflects on the risk aversion of NFL teams, who hear heart issue and back away, despite medical clearance from two of the best hospitals in the country.
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Some scouts don't care what Michigan and Harvard doctors think and just wouldn't take a guy with a heart problem. Those scouts talk to reporters. Reporters circulate scout (not doctor)-fueled sentiment Mo's heart is bad. Teams read the rumors. Rinse, repeat.
The best example I can think of for this is Loren Woods in the NBA draft way back in the day. A fake health scare took him from the lottery to the 2nd round.
April 27th, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
operate. They rely on their team doctors and don't listen to rumor. If team doctors say no to Mo Hurst, they take him off the board or red flag him medically which drops him down the team board.
Trust me, there are team doctors failed his medicals when he came in for examination.
April 27th, 2018 at 11:03 PM ^
Mo may have failed his medical for some (or all) teams, but to say NFL teams don't pay attention to what they're hearing about other teams' decision making is nonsense.
If Team A hears Team B doesn't think Player X is draftable because of a medical issue, they have second thoughts about what their doctors may have missed/what may have come up in another examination.
stop talking, you have no idea how NFL team operates. They don't care about other team doctor. If they say he's fine, they will have him on the board regardless of the rumor. I've seen prospects with big time medical red flags that he was off some of the team's big board but was still drafted because he was cleared by the team doctors.
Team doctors only matters to the NFL team, not the rumor or Michigan/Harvard doctors.
April 28th, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
Respectfully, I think you're full of shit on this "this is how NFL teams operate" stuff.
I'm just saying some teams would drop him on their boards upon seeing the McShay report (if they still had him on the board). It injects further doubt into the process. Also, not every NFL team had the chance to evaluate Mo with their doctors, so it absolutely has weight for them (as would the Michigan/Harvard reports).
Outside information does matter dude!
April 27th, 2018 at 10:19 PM ^