re: Reuben Foster dismissed from Combine

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I wouldn't want us to draft him at any spot, not even as undrafted signee.

he is a primadonna over indulged head case already, if he has ANY success at all as a pro he will turn a locker room inside out with the infighting and out of control ego he has.

unless he somehow gets struck by lightning and has a come to Jesus awakening and turns humble and contright overnight, he is nothing but a team destroyer for whoever picks him

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Holy shite

Are we talking about Foster or the other 3 I mentioned? Because the other 3 had documented repeated issues. Has Foster?

Also he is a cheap shot artist..... All that ability and needs to take short cuts.... Ability is not smarts.



Hey you can hold his pecker for any other team....for the saints we don't not need his kind. He would be perfect for the Seahawks or raiders.

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for the saints we don't not need his kind

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Oh I beg to differ. That charmin soft defense needs about 5 of his kind

like i posted earlier in this thread, i don't hate on Bama prospects but my big worry about many of them is how they're run into the ground by Saban. Foster and Allen both have major red flags this year. i REALLY am more worried about allen than foster, both for injury and NFL projection issues. i don't think allen is really a saints target, but i think he may be a collegiate man-child that has issues in the NFL

a combo of grueling practices, maxing them out by 21-22, and pushing them to play through injuries possibly past the point where they should. and i'm not criticizing Saban b/c he's paid to develop the best CFB players and win college football games and not develop the best NFL guys

so he's the master at figuring out how to create a team of the most physically-advanced players, but that leaves less room for NFL development and hurts their projections. add in some guys who may have played too much through injuries and it hurts that NFL developmental arc even more (for those specific players. it's not ALL of them). also it doesn't have to just be pushing them through injury. henry was fricking run and run HARD in 2015 at the end of the year

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a combo of grueling practices, maxing them out by 21-22,

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they're kids in the best shape of their lives with access to the best nutrition and care imaginable, practicing 20 hours a week, come on with this slow.

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pushing them to play through injuries possibly past the point where they should

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valid argument you could make about a lot of coaches, saban included

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but that leaves less room for NFL development and hurts their projections. add in some guys who may have played too much through injuries and it hurts that NFL developmental arc even more (for those specific players. it's not ALL of them).

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Curious to hear some examples. There are some really good NFL players that were banged up at bama. Hightower's knee, Julio/Cooper both had foot issues, Mosley hurt his hip and his elbow, Dareus hurt his elbow, Barron tore his pec. Even Ingram missed games a Alabama

All of those guys have developed into really good if not great NFL players, so which ones are you referring to and with the knowledge of how good that group is, why should there be some extra concern?

Foster has scheduled a meeting at Alabama and invited reps from all NFL teams to sit down and speak about the incident

Also this from NBC-

"ESPN made a big splash on Friday night with the report that Alabama linebacker Reuben Foster was sent home from the Scouting Combine after having a “heated altercation” with a hospital worker. After further review, it’s looking and sounding a lot less sinister.


Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that a “miscommunication” resulted in the argument escalating, after Foster had been waiting “for an extended period” to be examined. Foster became impatient, and he began to question the worker. The worker reacted in a negative way, and it resulted in Foster and the hospital worker going face to face in a heated exchange.

Per Schefter, league officials are reviewing the procedures that triggered the incident, which occurred with other players present. (Which could partially explain Foster’s decision to adopt the tough-guy approach.) The league also is looking into whether improvements can be made when it comes to letting the players know why they’re waiting and for how long.

It also makes sense to explore whether the hospital worker was a little too aggressive, abrupt, and/or sanctimonious.

A league spokesman tells PFT that Foster left for “personal reasons.” However, PFT has confirmed that, indeed, an altercation occurred while Foster was waiting — and that nothing like that had ever happened before even though plenty of other players have waited plenty of times.

Coincidentally, NFLPA president Eric Winston touched on that very issue at the outset of his recent visit to PFT Live at the Scouting Combine.

“It’s a tough week,” Winston said, reflecting on his experiences from 2006. “I remember flying in and getting right to it. Meetings and the examination process. They get you up early to drug test you, then they put you through the medical paces and pull on you, prod you. I think they almost in a weird way, at least back then, I feel like they tried to piss you off a little bit. They tried to get you uncomfortable and then talk to you and see how you are. It’s probably too rigorous of a job interview.”

None of that excuses acting inappropriately, but would it surprise anyone if, in an era of scripted talking points for face-to-face interviews with teams, the process has been engineered to apply stress under circumstances where the players don’t think anyone is paying attention?

The lesson for every other player who will attend every future Scouting Combine is clear: You need to be “on” for the full time there, and you need to assume that everything you do is being watched closely and carefully."

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blaming it on the medical attendant now

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the medical attendant's behavior was always a part of the story and part of the buildup.