This past Friday, Michael Sam took the field for the pre-season game. Now, I'm going to be honest with y'all. I have no idea about football, so I'm going to cut and paste from the Bleacher Report:
On Friday evening, the rookie defensive end for the St. Louis Rams finally got the chance to see some game action in the National Football League, and while Sam didn't exactly light the world on fire, he did accomplish one very important goal:So, I guess he did okay, right?
Michael Sam showed that he belonged in the NFL.
Everything that Sam's done (or said) since his revelation in February has elicited a response on social media, and it was no different when he entered Friday's game against the New Orleans Saints in the first quarter.
Sam played the rest of the first half, finishing with one solo tackle, one quarterback hit and one QB hurry. With rushing the passer being Sam's forte, he expectedly looked most comfortable while going after the signal-caller, even if he wasn't able to seal the deal.
It was about what you'd expect from a seventh-round pick fighting to make the team: Sam showed good burst on the play that got him his tackle, but he almost let the ball-carrier slip through his grasp. On some snaps he looked comfortable, and on others he looked lost.
Sam wasn't great, but he certainly wasn't terrible.
1 comment:
I'm guessing he did okay, but with the group of defensive linemen on that team he will need to step it up. The starters on the Rams are among the best in the NFL, and even the backups are very good too.
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