Mike Freeman’s 10-Point Stance: The Super-Duper Drafty Edition

May 1, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

CHICAGO — I want Moritz Boehringer to succeed. I don't think he will, but I want him to. I want him to succeed because he's the coolest story in the draft. I want him to succeed because I like the idea of a player emerging from outside the homogenized, overhyped, overprocessed, overanalyzed NFL draft system.
I love the idea of a player like that becoming a star. It won't happen, but I am crossing my fingers.
Watch tape of Boehringer, and you see some remarkable athleticism and ability. It's in Germany, yes. And that's the problem. This is the list of great NFL players who made their bones playing in Germany:
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There are good basketball players from Germany. Hockey players, too. There is, of course, gorgeous soccer played there.
But football?
Boehringer played for the Schwabisch Hall Unicorns of the German Football League.
The Unicorns. I kinda like it.
I've heard a great dea...

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