I'd be lying if I said I know what to believe. After all, the whole point of doing draft analysis is to posture and pontificate in hopes of being able to pound your chest when you end up being right and completely ignore instances in which you were wrong. At the end of the day, we're talking about a crapshoot and speaking definitively - by way of first, second, or third hand opinions that may have an ulterior motive - about the potential results of a roll of the dice is inherently moronic. That being said, it is refreshing to finally hear someone drop a "yeah, but..." about a player that stepped from a pitcher's mound straight to a high ground on which he was viewed worthy of forcing a clearance rack-type selling of a second year, top ten-selected QB as the #1 pick in the NFL draft. Charley Casserly may well be full of shit in seeking attention, but it's certainly felt like the expectations on Kyler Murray were in need of a tempering and what better way to do so than by referencing a flaw that seems to fit a pretty fair narrative. ​ ​Now, I'm going to go out on limb and say that the Heisman Trophy winner isn't the type of "student of the game" that sits in the back of the class with his hood up and his head down, as it was implied in basically questioning whether he knows an X from an O. However, I'd also be hard pressed to belief this guy had all the right answers to increasingly tough questions as an off-the-charts, awe-inspiring interview...
The hysteria over his hand size is proof of everything being wildly exaggerated come draft season, so - like everything else during this time of year - take this "news" with a grain of salt. Treat that hyper-critical dissection of his football mind as nothing more than an acknowledgement that he's neither Tony Robbins nor Tony Romo. Remove the hyperbole and I don't think that's all that crazy a critique of a two-sport athlete whose game has to speak for itself because he hardly annunciates often enough for he, himself to do so with any regularity. Especially as someone with unorthodox size and talent in the early lead at the most heavily-scrutinized of positions.
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