Bottom line: Mayock and 31 NFL teams were wrong about him.
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It was 32 teams. Through 7 rounds. The Bengals aren’t the only team that would have signed him as a free agent. And it’s not like every team in the league drafts off Mayock’s board. Mayock said Burfict wasn’t draftable, and he didn’t get drafted. Scoreboard.

You’re kidding, right? Showing up to the combine out of shape is like showing up to your Barr exam hung-over. You are flushing money down the tubes. The kid obvioulsy had zero motivation, you can’t draft a kid like that, even with his “Talent”. I was high on the kid after his Sophmore season, pairing him inside with guys like Ray Lewis, David Harris, or even worse, putting him on the ’9er’s rotation was something I’m sure those GM’s were drooling over that idea. He received national attention, and instead of working hard to be that guy, he let it go to his head and fell off the map. To your point about age, he’s 22, he shouldn’t need anything to motivate him. He has no money, no fame, nothing, that should be his motivation. I can listen to Mike’s draft talk all day long, he’s a straight shooter and more often then not, right on the money. Gotta’ love the arm chair draft analyst’s though, always good for a chuckle.

Burfict, and all the other LBs, are coached up by the same people — yet Burfict, who Mayock boldly asserted was “non-draftable” is the one excelling as a rook.

Did other teams miss the mark on Burfict too? Absolutely — just as they all did with Tom Brady, Kurt Warner and Arian Foster. But why must Mayock continue to insist that he was “right”? Obviously, in a transparent attempt to save face.

Mayock should just own it — he is good at what he does, and no one bats a thousand in that gig. By defending the indefensible, he diminishes his credibility regarding all of his other assertions, past or present.

Mike Mayock stated Vontaze Burfict “WAS” non-draftable when he was on the combine circuit and it turns out he was right because he was not drafted.

Therefore, if person A says person B is non-draftable and person B does not get drafted, person A is right.

Kudos to Mayock for sticking to his guns and research. He didn’t just grab non-draftable out of thin air, Vontaze underperformed immensely and had character issues so it was a no-brainer to make that statement and he was right.

But that’s not how it works in the real world and just because somebody has a different attitude than the canned yes-man attitude that weak GMs are only looking for doesn’t mean that somebody can’t play ball and do it well.

This guy might be the best ( if not one of the best) at putting players in position to succeed!!!

Philadelphia, when this guy comes into town please chant his name and clamor for him as your newest head coach!!!!

My goodness. He can be entertaining too!!

I mean, look at their quarterback.

However, now the Bungles coaches will think they can turn around every criminal or kid kicked out of school. Look for the Bungles arrests to rise in the next few years as they draft Honeybadger and others who were booted for DUIs, assaults, robberies, rapes, etc.

On an unrelated note: Wasted potential, Detroit. This could have easily been your team’s description.

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Uhh….The Bengals didn’t draft him either. Mayock said he wasn’t going to be drafted and he wasn’t. He was 100% accurate in his assesment.