Comments on: Another test for draft prospects to pass: Twitter http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:17:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: gregjennings85 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1066384 Mon, 16 May 2011 14:33:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1066384 I guarantee you there will be thousands of kids that have never tweeted before who are drafted, and then begin to tweet like their life depended upon it.

]]> By: skeeter1970 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065672 Sun, 15 May 2011 18:02:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065672 I follow my ex-girlfriend on Twitter just to see if she tweets the same stupid sh*t she use to say to me in person, Pre-Twitter.

Yep she does. It’s comforting somehow.

]]> By: xxxfixxxerxxx http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065581 Sun, 15 May 2011 16:12:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065581 I think this is a very relevant story for the times we’re living. You have Mendenhall losing a sponsorship`deal because he decided, without being led or asked by a reporter, to speak his mind on a public venue. I also suspect that Will Hill was not drafted because of tweeter.

We have a Whitner (he calls himself Thiwtner btw) that would hit the FA with a new CBA, there were talks between Nix and him and apparently the offer was not good for Whitner. Nix said the he was still interested in re-signing him.
When the draft came and we drafted 2 possible replacements for him Whitner tweeted something similar to what Bush wrote, but he’s in Buffalo and he met the wrath of the Bills fans asking him why he said those words. Unfortunately you have fans that go the extra mile and a pissing match of words ensued.

The other day Nix appeared on a radio interview and out of the blue, when asked about re-signing Whitner, he said the thinks Whitner doesn’t want to in Buffalo.

If Nix has his pro-department following or acknowledging players tweets you bet every team that could be a suitor for Whitner is following him and they might not like him anymore, because sometimes he tweets like a teenage girl.

]]> By: iamtalkingsolistenandlearn http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065547 Sun, 15 May 2011 15:47:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065547 jc1958cool says:
May 15, 2011 9:35 AM
PFT you need to get a life! worried about tweets, that’s how people communicate now days

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What happened to picking up a phone and calling?
I don’t communicate by tweet and I communicate just fine. Do I really care what goes in the lives of my “followers”? I know I don’t “follow” anyone. I sure don’t care what goes on in the lives of those I don’t know personally. and if I do know them personally I talk face to face or email or talk on the phone.

]]> By: CKL http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065482 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:46:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065482 As a Pats fan I would bet you that there aren’t too many Pats fans who are surprised about this one.
(Wonders if their biggest red flag is a player who discusses their injury status? ;) )

]]> By: FinFan68 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065458 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:24:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065458 There is nothing wrong with monitoring a prospect’s twitter feed for evaluation purposes. You can learn a lot about character/intelligence on those things. If a player is stupid enough to post dumb stuff then he deserves what he gets.

]]> By: iamtalkingsolistenandlearn http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065447 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:14:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065447 Players are too damn stupid to pass any test.

Just having a twitter account is automatic FAIL.

]]> By: bearsrulepackdrool http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065445 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:14:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065445 What’s wrong with “Rise and Grind”?

Players be on the grind to get that money. There’s a slight drug reference but not as much as “Wake and Bake”.

]]> By: whatsafairway http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065431 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:05:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065431 Foot in mouth disease can also been found early on; Rashard Mendenhall for instance only scored a 2 on the wondertwit test.

]]> By: guypatsfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065429 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:03:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065429 Patriots are looking for football players, not tweety birds.

]]> By: ampats http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065423 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:00:41 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065423 Gotta love the morons who run to post their stupidity without reading the article.

This was an article on ESPN Boston about how the Patriots during the draft process were monitoring prospects tweets as an evaluation tool.

But lets keep up with the low IQ many who post on PFT have.

]]> By: JackLeone http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065422 Sun, 15 May 2011 13:59:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065422 “I wish someone would tell Al Davis to get off my balls about practice. We’ve already ran drills once today. Besides, I’ll get my paycheck regardless if I practice or not”

]]> By: skoobyfl http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065414 Sun, 15 May 2011 13:49:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065414 Reaching for stories, priceless.

]]> By: dudebrosday http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065409 Sun, 15 May 2011 13:42:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065409 Oh god don’t even get me started on rise and grind.

]]> By: tjacks7 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065406 Sun, 15 May 2011 13:39:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065406 Wake and bake. How’d I fail the combine drug test? That’s a false positive, let’s do it again.. In for weeks.

]]> By: jc1958cool http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/05/15/another-test-for-draft-prospects-to-pass-twitter/#comment-1065404 Sun, 15 May 2011 13:35:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=130786#comment-1065404 PFT you need to get a life! worried about tweets, that’s how people communicate now days

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