Devonta Smith

[Nicomo Cosca]

(01-13-2021, 02:17 AM)bfine32 Wrote: And I've never said I "blame" them. It's just a question they will have to answer:

"Chase, you opted out of the 2020 season, while we see the likes of Jaylen Waddle sacrificing his future just to make it back for the championship game. Why is that?"

Maybe they’ll hear answers like this:

“Guys were going home, going to Myrtle Beach, coming back to campus, and we weren't getting tested. We're all together, working out, close to each other, and you have no real idea who might have it, if anybody might have it. One day I looked around, and we were like 100-deep in our indoor facility, no masks. My concern grew more and more."

Farley, a projected first-round NFL draft pick, said it was important to him to keep his family safe after losing his mother to breast cancer in 2018.

"I started being really conflicted about playing," Farley wrote. "What this came down to is, I lost one parent. My dad is so important to me. Growing old with him means so much to me, more than football. I don't know what I would do if I contracted it and gave it to him, and he passed. I couldn't live with that. Part of me thought, I put all my eggs into this basket since I was 6 years old ... just suck it up and play. Try to stay safe. But I couldn't ignore all the doubts in my head."

If you (or some GM) want to knock him for saying the bold have at it. Personally that seems like a kid with his priorities straight to me.