Amazing that people still give a shit about athletes using marijuana, but here we go:
According to one veteran club personnel man, 10 or 11 players who carry first-round draft grades on their board this year have been red-flagged for marijuana use in college, an estimate echoed by two clubs’ head coaches. Another NFL head coach estimated that “one-third” of the players on his club’s draft board had some sort of history with marijuana use and would thus require an extra level of evaluation as part of the pre-draft scouting process.
“Marijuana use is almost epidemic, with more guys having tested positive for marijuana at some point in their college background than I can ever remember,” said a longtime team personnel man. “It’s almost as if we are having to figure out a new way to evaluate it as part of the character and background report, because it’s so prevalent. There’re enough instances of it that it’s hard to know how to set your board. You can’t throw out that many guys. You have to go case-by-case and do your homework on them.”
How out of touch can these guys be? An “epidemic?” Here, I’ll save you the trouble of how to factor marijuana use into the evaluation of a player – DON’T. Just disregard it completely. I’m serious – every fucking player smokes or has smoked pot at some point, and it has zero to do with character. In fact, I’d be more worried about the dude who’s never smoked pot, as he’s the abnormal one who may have a difficult time adjusting.
All these years, and still nothing learned from when Randy Moss was drafted.
