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Manti Te'o lied about his Girlfriend dying


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Well, it's worth remembering that ESPN reportedly had the story for ten days and sat on it before Deadspin scooped them and it blew up.

Honestly, it might be in their best interest to minimize it.

(didn't they initially sit on/downplay the Sandusky story too?)

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Valid, though worth remembering that those guys were busts (you could argue for Pacman, though not with the team that drafted him).

You'd like to think people learn, but I've lived long enough to know that they often don't.

I could also list the character concern guys who were not busts, such as Randy Moss, Dez Bryant or Cam Newton...

The pendulum swings both ways...

Character is important to teams, yes... But talent and intelligence still trumps most other determining factors...

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Think this story couldn't get any weirder?

Think again.

Cardinals fullback Reagan Mauia says Lennay Kekua was real and claims to have met her

How'd you like to be Manti's agent right now?

Maybe the "cousin" has a stable of women he helps getting with professional (and pre-professional) athletes, in an effort to dupe them all ... or maybe he's just a pimp.

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Maybe the "cousin" has a stable of women he helps getting with professional (and pre-professional) athletes, in an effort to dupe them all ... or maybe he's just a pimp.

I think it's more that he's just a liar. Specifically, an attention seeking liar.

In fact, I think most of the principles involved in this story likely deserve that title.

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Analysis from NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah

Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax will factor into NFL draft evaluation

Several media members have asked me how this situation could potentially affect Te'o's draft stock. My answer: I have no idea. I've posed that exact question to a handful of NFL executives and they've provided me with the same answer. We've never seen anything quite like this situation.

There are still so many questions surrounding this strange "fake" girlfriend hoax. NFL teams will be interested in finding out the truth, but they will be even more interested in finding out if Te'o's strong overall reputation is based in fact. His teammates at Notre Dame should expect a lot of attention from NFL scouts over the next few months. NFL personnel departments will ask everyone around Te'o for their opinion on this particular situation, as well as every other area of his life.

Prior to the NFL Scouting Combine, every NFL team compiles a list of the 60 prospects that they would like to formally interview in Indianapolis. Before this story broke, I would have estimated that Te'o would be lined up for about 12 to 15 interviews. Some teams wouldn't be in the market for a high-round middle linebacker, while others wouldn't feel the need to deeply probe a player with impeccable character.

Following this news, though, I fully expect all 32 teams to put the Notre Dame captain on their interview lists. He will need to explain this situation to every franchise at the combine, and the questions won't stop there. He will be grilled about his own "authenticity" and asked to explain individual examples of how he displayed his famed leadership qualities.

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Analysis from NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah

Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax will factor into NFL draft evaluation

Never heard of him.....But I don't disagree that it will factor into his draft evaluation and may even wipe him off a couple of teams boards. I just strongly disagree that he is in jeopardy of not getting drafted. It's even more ridiculous to think that there is a posibility that he might not even get picked up as an unsigned FA.

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