re: Mike Mayock- Guice has "character issues"

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I don't get why y'all are so butt hurt over this.

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people talked about it, just not people you knew. And it wasn't discussed onTD for obvious reasons.

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So then stop playing mental gymnastics and say what guice’s ‘character issues’ are

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for Guice, the most likely first-round option if the Lions opt to address their need at running back early in the draft, Mayock likes the LSU runner’s game, but notes concerns about his football character.

“He's a first-round talent,” Mayock said. “Reminds me a little bit, just style-wise, of a Frank Gore. Gets a lot of carries, tough, his issues more are just – I don't know what the right word is, maybe it's some immaturity off the field.

“What's his work ethic going to be like?” Mayock said. “Will he be a true pro? Will he show up to go to work every day? Some of those concerns could push him into the second round, but make no mistake about it, he's a talented kid.”

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possibly gay also accorring to nfl gms

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That's the rumor,

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Some have Guice ranked as the draft's No. 2 back despite an injury-plagued junior season in 2017. He never has had legal trouble and isn't known as a partier -- unlike other prospects in this story, no one thinks he's a significant risk in those ways. But officials from six teams who have researched and spent time with Guice say there are concerns about immaturity, how he handles his emotions and how well he'll adapt, conform and fit into an NFL program. As one NFC executive put it: "He's a high-maintenance kid." An executive with another team that has done a lot of work on Guice made clear "he's not a bad kid at heart, at all," but will need structure and mentorship to help him grow up and learn how to be a pro. "There's a lot of personality stuff there that I'll be interested to see if somebody takes a shot on him in the first round," an AFC scout said. The pre-draft process hasn't been entirely smooth for Guice, who has switched agents. One issue teams had to dig into: Guice seemed to claim in a SiriusXM NFL Radio interview that teams asked him in combine interviews "do I like men" and whether his mom was a prostitute, sparking controversy and an NFL investigation that is still ongoing, per a league spokesman. But Guice has since indicated privately and to teams those questions weren't really asked by NFL teams. Breaking down Derrius Guice's college highlights "His explanation was that it was taken out of context," one executive said. "There's just a lot going on with him." Guice's hard upbringing is an important piece of understanding him. His father was murdered when Guice was a child. His mother raised him in an impoverished area of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has earned everything and runs with passion. I bumped into Guice at the combine and found him friendly, engaging, chatty. He came across the same way during his appearance on NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" on Wednesday. "Is he talented? Yep. Do you have to have a handle on how to deal with him? Absolutely," an offensive coordinator said. "He's not a bad person -- he's just immature, silly. If he wasn't all that other stuff, he'd be drafted in the top 20 picks. And he still might be in the top 20 picks." Guice already issued a warning to the 31 teams that don't end up with him, telling reporters at the combine with a smile: "If you don't draft me, I'm going to give your defense hell."

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