PromoTheRobot Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/83198/manti-teo-missing-valuable-time His career is off to a flying start. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I always knew the Bills should have signed him. We could've used a few more preseason injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Just funny with all the hype surrounding this guy that there hasn't been any news on how he looks with the Chargers. Obviously he's hurt now but for a guy who was all that and a bag of chips before the draft, there hasn't been a peep since. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 PEEP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Just funny with all the hype surrounding this guy that there hasn't been any news on how he looks with the Chargers. Obviously he's hurt now but for a guy who was all that and a bag of chips before the draft, there hasn't been a peep since. PTR What did you expect? Early reports were positive then he got hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphean Bills Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 His girlfriend recovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBUffalo Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Just funny with all the hype surrounding this guy that there hasn't been any news on how he looks with the Chargers. Obviously he's hurt now but for a guy who was all that and a bag of chips before the draft, there hasn't been a peep since. PTR False. Every report was that he looked so good in camp that he was going to be their starter. Now he's hurt. If this is how everybody thinks than EJ is a bust already because, outside of Buffalo, not much was being said about him and then he got hurt. I love how people lack an understanding of how small markets work. Until you win a championship or do something controversial enough to get on ESPN then your team and every player on it is irrelevant. This doesn't mean that they're bad, though. Edited September 4, 2013 by DStebb716 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 His girlfriend recovered. And he is going to have as much on field presence and she does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) False. Every report was that he looked so good in camp that he was going to be their starter. Now he's hurt. If this is how everybody thinks than EJ is a bust already because, outside of Buffalo, not much was being said about him and then he got hurt. I love how people lack an understanding of how small markets work. Until you win a championship or do something controversial enough to get on ESPN then your team and every player on it is irrelevant. This doesn't mean that they're bad, though. Te'o was a media phenom for months (some for bad reasons). You'd think ESPN would pay some attention to what he was doing. San Diego isn't Siberia. PTR Edited September 4, 2013 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Te'o was a media phenom for months (some for bad reasons). You'd think ESPN would pay some attention to what he was doing. San Diego isn't Siberia. PTR San Diego hasn't been relevant since they had Sproles. Gates is probably on his last year or two. Rivers is a shell of his former self. Weddle is the only good player on their defense. Virtually unknown WR corp. Bum of a RB in Matthews. 2nd RB Pats utility Woodhead. Wouldn't call that a lot of star power, location or not. Tampa's pretty nice, they don't get a lot of coverage. Small market is small market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Te'o was a media phenom for months (some for bad reasons). You'd think ESPN would pay some attention to what he was doing. San Diego isn't Siberia. PTR Daily update: still not practicing. Not that exciting. They decided to let the tabloid story go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafter Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Te'o was a media phenom for months (some for bad reasons). You'd think ESPN would pay some attention to what he was doing. San Diego isn't Siberia. PTR If hes hurt what is there to report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipers Hair Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Just funny with all the hype surrounding this guy that there hasn't been any news on how he looks with the Chargers. Obviously he's hurt now but for a guy who was all that and a bag of chips before the draft, there hasn't been a peep since. PTR I think your observation is a microcosm of the hype around the draft. Were it not for the draft hype machine, we would not have heard all too much about him...except of course, for that fictitious dream girl. I have to go now to feed my flying tiger.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passepartout Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Well the Bills loss is the Chargers gain. Sad but true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 He is a rookie who is hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 San Diego hasn't been relevant since they had Sproles. Gates is probably on his last year or two. Rivers is a shell of his former self. Weddle is the only good player on their defense. Virtually unknown WR corp. Bum of a RB in Matthews. 2nd RB Pats utility Woodhead. Wouldn't call that a lot of star power, location or not. Tampa's pretty nice, they don't get a lot of coverage. Small market is small market. I'm not sure I could name 5 of their players. Rivers, Mathews, Gates, Weddle and Vincent Brown. After that I can't think of a single charger oh and Teo 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Syracuse Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 It's almost as if he's "invisible". Yeah....I said it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglukes Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Well the Bills loss is the Chargers gain. Sad but true! Not sure how its the Bills loss. I'd rather have Alonso anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benderbender Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 He's the second coming of Merrimans legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 can espn update what hes doing this afternoon please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless Ike Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I think your observation is a microcosm of the hype around the draft. Were it not for the draft hype machine, we would not have heard all too much about him...except of course, for that fictitious dream girl. I have to go now to feed my flying tiger.... Except for, ya'know, a defensive player being a Heisman finalist....other than that he was a complete UNKNOWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDD Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 His girlfriend recovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipers Hair Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Except for, ya'know, a defensive player being a Heisman finalist....other than that he was a complete UNKNOWN. Being a Heisman finalist doesn't guaranty a good pro....The Combine, coupled with their bowl tape showed the world what he was - a slow player with a big heart, played up by the N.D. Hyping Irish machine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDD Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Not sure how its the Bills loss. I'd rather have Alonso anyways. A little too early to tell. Neither has played one NFL game yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireChan Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Except for, ya'know, a defensive player being a Heisman finalist....other than that he was a complete UNKNOWN. Heisman finalist more for his "struggle" than his play. Besides, Leinart won the Heisman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlbillsfan1975 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 can espn update what hes doing this afternoon please? Come on man. This guy will always have people routing against him because of what he did. He will also have his entire career followed more closely then any other second round pick from this draft. Just nature of the beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Caveman Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Te'o was a media phenom for months (some for bad reasons). You'd think ESPN would pay some attention to what he was doing. San Diego isn't Siberia. PTR 2nd round pick, what's the big deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Just funny with all the hype surrounding this guy that there hasn't been any news on how he looks with the Chargers. Obviously he's hurt now but for a guy who was all that and a bag of chips before the draft, there hasn't been a peep since. PTR He went to a losing franchise. That's what happens to guys who get drafted by a losing franchise, until and unless they do something personally remarkable like rack up 2k rushing or lead the league in tackles for loss or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Doug Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I think it would've been more appropriate to dust off and bump the ole Manti thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Has anyone seen Tebow and Te'o in the same place? The question needs to be asked. Should this occur, I think it will be the catalyst for an ESPNgasm that will open the heavens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I think Manti Te'o never actually existed, he was just the figment of some woman's imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 He went to a losing franchise. That's what happens to guys who get drafted by a losing franchise, until and unless they do something personally remarkable like rack up 2k rushing or lead the league in tackles for loss or something. Well, that and it helps if they aren't in the training room. You can only do so many updates on a 2nd round, ILB, on a bad team, that's not even practicing. The update is simply "still hurt, still don't know how long" and you can only cover that for so long. It's both a lack of interest and a lack of developments. Reports before were he looked good but how good does an ILB really get to look in shorts with no contact. Of course ptr knows all this so I'm not sure what he was expecting to accomplish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLbills Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 False. Every report was that he looked so good in camp that he was going to be their starter. Now he's hurt. If this is how everybody thinks than EJ is a bust already because, outside of Buffalo, not much was being said about him and then he got hurt. I love how people lack an understanding of how small markets work. Until you win a championship or do something controversial enough to get on ESPN then your team and every player on it is irrelevant. This doesn't mean that they're bad, though. Down here in Daytona, E.J. had an article printed about how he was going to start after recovering from minor knee surgery. I realize that all Bills fans know this, but I was pleasently surprised to open the paper this a.m. and see an article about the Bills in a Daytona newspaper. I guess it could be due to the fact that it's because E.J. came from FSU. Either way, I enjoyed it, as I believe it might be a step in garnering national (partially) media coverage. I looked for the link however best I could tell it was only in the paper vs. being online. It was a J. Wawrow article from the AP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDH Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Is there really a "whatever happened to..." post before a guy has even had a chance to play in his first regular season game? Give the guy a chance for crying out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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