Go Back   New Orleans Saints Forums - blackandgold.com > Main > Saints > NFL

Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

this is a discussion within the NFL Community Forum; Putting the fake dead girlfriend aside, the biggest question NFL teams have about former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o is whether his bad performance against Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game indicates that he folds against NFL-quality competition. Unsurprisingly, ...

Like Tree6Likes
  • 2 Post By papz
  • 1 Post By SloMotion
  • 1 Post By QBREES9
  • 1 Post By SloMotion
  • 1 Post By QBREES9

Closed Thread
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-10-2013, 08:00 AM   #1
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Mandeville, LA
Posts: 36,861
Blog Entries: 29
Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

Putting the fake dead girlfriend aside, the biggest question NFL teams have about former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o is whether his bad performance against Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game indicates that he folds against NFL-quality competition. Unsurprisingly, Te’o doesn’t see it that way.

Te’o knows people say that because Alabama was the best team he played, and because Alabama was the worst game of his senior year, that must mean that when he plays against the kind of NFL talent that Alabama has, he can’t compete. But while visiting the Lions on Tuesday, he told the team’s website that that perception is inaccurate.

“It’s a little frustrating that people look at one game and say that was the closest thing to an NFL team that I had faced, not giving credit to all the other teams that I played,” Te’o told detroitlions.com. “So you’re saying Stanford isn’t an NFL team; Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue and USC. [Alabama] is definitely a game I didn’t do as well as I could have, but it’s not something I felt could define my career at Notre Dame.”

It’s true that Alabama wasn’t the only good team on Notre Dame’s schedule during Te’o's senior year, but it’s also true that Alabama had future NFL players on the offensive line and at running back with Eddie Lacy, and that Alabama running game ran right over Te’o. That has to be a concern.

“I can always get better, and I’m going to get better,” Te’o said.

If an NFL team is going to spend a first-round draft pick on Te’o, that team will have to be convinced that he will get a lot better than he was against Alabama.

Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career | ProFootballTalk
SmashMouth is offline  
Old 04-10-2013, 09:26 AM   #2
Site Donor 2015
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Land Mass between LA and AL
Posts: 4,375
Re: Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

Big players shine in big games, so............
Mardigras9 is offline  
Old 04-10-2013, 10:39 AM   #3
Problem?
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 11,665
Re: Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

"It's a little frustrating that people look at one game and say that was the closest thing to an NFL team that I had faced, not giving credit to all the other teams that I played," he told detroitlions.com. "So you're saying Stanford isn't an NFL team; Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue and USC.
I thought Notre Dame was a "smart" school.
QBREES9 and TheOak like this.
papz is offline  
Old 04-10-2013, 01:24 PM   #4
10000 POST CLUB
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cypress Tx.
Posts: 18,977
Re: Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

Originally Posted by SmashMouth View Post
“So you’re saying Stanford isn’t an NFL team; Michigan State, Michigan, Purdue and USC.
As real as your GF.. Sorry I couldn't pass it up.

Play a full game in the NFL then come back and tell me if those teams are NFL teams.
TheOak is offline  
Old 04-11-2013, 04:34 AM   #5
5000 POSTS! +
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 6,776
Blog Entries: 15
Re: Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

... no, one game doesn't define a career ... but that 'dead girlfriend' thing just might, .
QBREES9 likes this.
SloMotion is offline  
Old 04-11-2013, 04:33 PM   #6
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: New Haven Ct
Posts: 23,982
Re: Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

Originally Posted by SloMotion View Post
... no, one game doesn't define a career ... but that 'dead girlfriend' thing just might, .
Ya'll beat me to it
SloMotion likes this.
QBREES9 is offline  
Old 04-12-2013, 05:28 AM   #7
5000 POSTS! +
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 6,776
Blog Entries: 15
Re: Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

Originally Posted by QBREES9 View Post
Ya'll beat me to it
Great minds think alike, QB ... .
QBREES9 likes this.
SloMotion is offline  
Old 04-12-2013, 09:59 PM   #8
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: New Haven Ct
Posts: 23,982
Re: Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career

Hockey minds, LOL
SloMotion likes this.
QBREES9 is offline  
Closed Thread

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

LinkBacks (?)
LinkBack to this Thread: https://blackandgold.com/nfl/56926-manti-te-o-alabama-game-doesn-t-define-my-career.html
Posted By For Type Date Hits
Manti Te’o: The Alabama game doesn’t define my career This thread Refback 04-10-2013 08:35 AM 8


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:42 PM.


Copyright 1997 - 2020 - BlackandGold.com
no new posts