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It seems like only yesterday when the bright-eyed, full-of-potential Sam Bradford arrived to the NFL fresh out of Oklahoma with hope for brighter days in the professional realm. After underwhelming for years with the franchise that drafted him while being paid the most outrageous contract ever given to a rookie in the history of the league, it seems safe to say that the luster has worn off.
Now, with the disgruntled QB pouting after the Philadelphia Eagles paid an exorbitant amount of money to keep him this offseason, he wants to be traded. Here are five reasons why no NFL team should have any desire to bring Bradford on board, no matter how badly they need help under center.
5. Mediocre At Best
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One would think this fact would carry more weight, but in the QB-needy NFL, there aren’t even enough mediocre signal-callers to go around. His career numbers (78 TDs, 52 INTs, 24 fumbles) show that he is merely a placeholder, not a franchise-changer.
4. Product Of A System
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It’s easy to see in hindsight that Bradford was merely the product of a system at Oklahoma that was tailored to his strengths. That’s not to say quick throws for dink and dunk completions won’t work in the NFL, but it takes a special case.
3. Injury-Prone
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Tearing the same ACL in back-to-back seasons is rough. When you add in that he’s only played 16 games twice in his six-year career and missed 33 of a possible 96 regular-season games, it seems clear that Bradford is more liability than solution.
2. Afraid Of Competition
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This should be an enormous red flag for general managers everywhere. I mean, what kind of veteran QB demands a trade because a team traded up to draft a rookie? That shows a serious lack of confidence and large amount of insecurity.
1. Career Record
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25-37-1. What more needs to be said? Heck, even his supposed career renaissance season with Philly in 2015 was 7-7. Dude’s a mediocre QB at best, and any team desperate enough to hitch their wagon to him is dooming themselves to a lackluster fate.
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