from Jay Glazer’s NFL mailbag: https://theathletic.com/934097/2019/04/19/jay-glazer-nfl-draft-mailbag/?source=weeklyemail
Are there any technological developments that have been made in scouting this offseason? —Hunter L.
JG: I don’t know about technological developments, but more teams are looking at the mental health side of things than ever before.
They’re looking at things a little bit differently and I think five years from now it will evolve into a much deeper spectrum of tools. This year is different than it was five years ago. Mental health doesn’t just mean depression, anger, suicide, it could also deal with motivation, desires to be great or the “why” a player does or thinks a certain way.
The more they can unlock in the 6-inches between the ears the better.
They’re trying to figure out, is this guy going to want to be great? Is this guy going to be able to handle outside family issues or outside noise? I think mental health is starting to play a bigger part than any technological development.
Why is it okay for a quarterback like Russell Wilson to set a deadline for an extension and no one in the media even begins to criticize it whatsoever? —Juda S.
JG: The reason why is because we’ve been around every single strategy and negotiating tactic that you could ever imagine so no one overreacts to it. We’ve seen it all. We saw Le’Veon Bell sit out the entire year, people are split on that. We’ve been in the middle of labor disputes between the NFL and the NFLPA, between players and GMs. We’ve seen it all… for the most part.
My advice to players and GMs, to both sides, is just remember you guys are duking it out and it’s ugly right now but everyone goes through the ugliness of negotiations and, eventually, you come out the other side — and once you do, you’ll need to act all lovey-dovey after that.
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Agamemnon
