Shaquem Griffin

oaken1 · Apr 28, 2018

So, the kid gets drafted by the hags to play with his brother. Good for him!

One thing I have been noticing about the draft this year. There are several guys in this draft who are just legit good kids. Shaqem, Saquon, Lamar.... I wanted to draft each of them. They are really good kids. In todays world with the DWash's, the players caveman dragging their baby mommas down hallways, women beating, drug pushing, automatic weapons in the trunk DUI gettin fools... its really nice to see some nice guys come into the league.

we didnt have a spot on the team for Shaqem...unless it was Justin Bethels old position of full time ST star. But I would have been willing to draft him just for that.

My mom is 74 and she really isnt into football. But she caught wind of Griffins story a few days ago. She sat and watched the first three rounds with me always wondering when he was going to be picked. I told her he was late fourth early fifth round guy.

Last night I told her not to sweat the draft since I dont usually watch day three. So she could watch whatever she wanted today. I got up at 930 to find dear old mom watching the draft....waiting to see Shaqem Griffin get drafted. The poor old gal got giddy and nearly cried when he was picked by Seattle and got to play with his brother, lol. Then she went to take a nap.

Marketing. The NFL is good at it.

iLLmatiC · Apr 28, 2018

Now the media can slober all over him and RW. I can't wait.

GatorAZ · Apr 28, 2018

Great story. Now throw at him.

NJCardFan · Apr 28, 2018

Same with the Edmunds brothers. Listening to their interviews, both were well spoken and seemed like good kids themselves. That's a credit to their father.

iLLmatiC · Apr 28, 2018

GatorAZ said:
Great story. Now throw at him.

Lol ruthless

DeAnna · Apr 28, 2018

That's a great story, Oak!

Southpaw · Apr 28, 2018

I edited. Too soon. :devil:

unseenaz · Apr 28, 2018

GatorAZ said:
Great story. Now throw at him.

oh wow lmao. true tho

GimmedaBall · Apr 28, 2018

oaken1 said:
So, the kid gets drafted by the hags to play with his brother. Good for him!

One thing I have been noticing about the draft this year. There are several guys in this draft who are just legit good kids. Shaqem, Saquon, Lamar.... I wanted to draft each of them. They are really good kids. In todays world with the DWash's, the players caveman dragging their baby mommas down hallways, women beating, drug pushing, automatic weapons in the trunk DUI gettin fools... its really nice to see some nice guys come into the league.

we didnt have a spot on the team for Shaqem...unless it was Justin Bethels old position of full time ST star. But I would have been willing to draft him just for that.

My mom is 74 and she really isnt into football. But she caught wind of Griffins story a few days ago. She sat and watched the first three rounds with me always wondering when he was going to be picked. I told her he was late fourth early fifth round guy.

Last night I told her not to sweat the draft since I dont usually watch day three. So she could watch whatever she wanted today. I got up at 930 to find dear old mom watching the draft....waiting to see Shaqem Griffin get drafted. The poor old gal got giddy and nearly cried when he was picked by Seattle and got to play with his brother, lol. Then she went to take a nap.

Marketing. The NFL is good at it.

They had a brief bio about him on one of the pre-draft shows. His parents and his brother were major parts in keeping him on track. Inspirational story not just about him but for his family. Not only is he a fantastic athlete but he has the personality that lights up the room. Your Mom was right on to be up early and cheering for him.

Plenty of athletes have had great careers playing with a disability. Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, played for 10 years in the bigs and threw a no-hitter. Look for Shaqem to have continued success (when he's not playing the Cards, LOL).

(Oaken1: Head over to the Thrift store and buy yourself a second TV for your Mom's room. Then she won't have to fight you for the remote control.)

MadCardDisease · Apr 28, 2018

Man I wanted the Cardinals to draft this kid. I’ve been pimping him since December. Going to regret not taking him in the 4th round.

crisper57 · Apr 28, 2018

Great story. Hopefully it ends for the Hags like the Morris twin experiment ended for the Suns.

crisper57 · Apr 28, 2018

NFLN covering the brothers right now is chill inducing.

BullheadCardFan · Apr 28, 2018

They have him and his family on NFLN right now interviewing him. Sounds like a solid guy with a good family. His brother plays for the Hawks also

MigratingOsprey · Apr 28, 2018

Shaquill is one of my favorites and his family was pretty great. This is from right after Shaquill was drafted last year.

Great to see Shaquem make his gear official

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Jetstream Green · Apr 28, 2018

Luv the story, luv the man and the chance he will have, but the way the media is, I will be yelling at them to shut up already by the time we play Seattle... a team which will relish this as a nice guise for a bad character Carroll coached team

TRW · Apr 28, 2018

Nice story but I'm glad the Cards passed on him. He fills no need on the team and the Cards have enough undersized guys already.

Hope the best for him, he sounds like a great kid.

SoCal Cardfan · Apr 28, 2018

It's a great story, And I'll be rooting for the kid personally (as his team hopefully fails miserably)

But I couldn't help but feel the entire crew at NFLN was patronizing the kid... One of the talking heads said at the end of day 1... "I have no doubt he'll be drafted by the end of the second round"

I couldn't watch NFL Network for longer than 30 minutes without someone almost begging a GM to draft him.... The kid got where he is... with a crap-load of hard work and determination, I felt like they were throwing a pity-party for him... And he sure as hell didn't need it.

Ronin · Apr 29, 2018