>I seem to recall Kiper and McShay having him around there in
>their mocks before his announcement.
>
>Everyone keeps bringing up the "marginal talent" argument as
>if he wasn't the co-DPOY in the best defensive conference in
>the country. Usually the foundation for the "marginal talent"
>argument is "well, he was drafted in the seventh round, so..."
>when I seem to recall his projection notably higher in the
>draft before he came out.
>

His combine didn't help either. And the DPOY thing is a bit overrated because if you look at the previous winners, he's not on the level of most of those guys. It sucks that him being gay is an issue but it's also the reason he has one of the top selling jerseys so he has benefited from this too. If he proves himself on the field, this "distraction" talk will become mute.