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(04-26-2024, 01:45 PM)Stewy Wrote: This isn't directly at you because lots of people have had the same thoughts, but what I haven't seen anyone mention is the fact that any team interested in him likely isn't going to immediately strike him off their board.  What he did was dumb, not violent.  He's a big dumb kid.  The most likely thing they did was talk to him (teams call, multiple coaches, multiple ears).  Ask him about it, and in doing so his responses to them would gauge their continued interest (positive or negative).

To immediately remove him from your board because of a college kid getting a DUI is as dumb as the initial DUI itself.  Due diligence demands more.  Thus any team still interested would have done the same, and would be fine taking him in the 3rd or not at all.  If you wait till the 4th+, you're not getting him.

Here were the details of the DWI...
https://www.kxan.com/sports-general/horns-report/tvondre-sweat-charged-with-dwi-after-early-morning-crash-in-austin-affidavit-says/

Quote:The crash caused the Bronco to lose control and land on its side on the I-35 service road. The collision didn’t cause serious injuries, court documents state. Sweat told authorities he drank “2 or 3 shots of tequila prior to driving and the crash,” the affidavit states. He had the key to the vehicle in his pocket, police said. A preliminary breath test was done, and according to the affidavit, it was over the .08 legal limit at .105. A blood test was also administered at the scene, the affidavit said.

So it wasn't that he was just swerving some and a cop pulled him over.
He crashed his car and it landed on its side.
Luckily, no other person or car was involved, but there could have been.


That's why I personally take these things more seriously than some do.
But if you're Zac Taylor and you preach getting guys with good character and team captains, this is not really something that fits that.
Sure, you could argue what about Joe Mixon, but Mixon wasn't drafted under the Taylor regime.


My point being some teams/coaches could (and possibly do) see things like this as so boneheaded that they don't want that person in their organization at all.