Throughout the NFL Draft process, franchises run background checks on the players they are targeting from the rookie class, talk to people who know/interacted with them and study their tape from college. It's a long ordeal and at some point, something usually pops up. Maybe a bad grade here or some sort of minor behavioral issue there, causing the team to give the guy a red flag.
However, according to ESPN College Football Insider Brett McMurphy, when one team went through the motions with Marcus Mariota, they found nothing worthy of a red flag. Still, Mariota received a red flag.
Playing devil's advocate here, if Marirobot has absolutely no red flags to his name, then there's gotta be something he's hiding, no? Okay, that just sounds plain crazy.
The NFL is so paranoid these days that even a player with zero character flaws gives them pause. Go figure.
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[via Shutdown Corner]
