Odd Reason for not Drafting a QB

We now know for sure that the 49ers won’t draft Matthew Stafford in this year’s draft. The 49ers are picking 10th overall in the draft and it would be a big Aaron Rodgers/Brady Quinn like drop for Stafford to be available when the 49ers would be on the clock where he is projected as a potential number 1 pick. So how come the 49ers won’t be drafting the Georgia QB? It’s for a very odd reason that many of us fans wouldn’t have thought of about. The 49ers won’t draft Stafford because he didn’t want to talk about his parent’s divorce. 49ers head Coach Singletary said, “If you're going to look at drafting a guy in the first round, and you're going to pay him millions of dollars, and asking him about a divorce about his parents, if that's going to be an issue, uhhh, then you know what, maybe he doesn't belong here.”

I really can’t believe that this is the reason why they will not draft Stafford. I really feel the question is inappropriate. A coach is asking you about a matter that is very personal. What does that relate to how he plays football? Don’t tell me it’s all about his psyche. Don’t say it will help teams determine if his psychological state is in check. He’s been playing at Georgia and didn’t have any problems. Why don’t you ask his college coach if there are any problems that were related to his parent’s divorce. I’m sure Coach Richt knows Stafford really well.

I know the team wants to know that if their future draft pick will be a stable person in the NFL. But if you’re going to pay him a lot of money, he will do his job at the best of his ability. The NFL hasn’t had a Ryan Leaf type of situation for awhile and won’t for another 10 or 20 years. Those types of players don’t come into the league very often. If he doesn’t want to talk about his parent’s divorce than leave him alone about. Don’t be the team that says “we won’t draft him because of his parent’s divorce” and watch him in a few years become a good QB. You’ll be watching a “what could’ve been situation” play right in front of you. I just think it’s foolish that people will judge if you’re draft worthy based on your parent’s divorce. I would understand if the person was involved in some gang things or had friends who were in gangs or bad influence on the player. But this is just a divorce, he played well last season with 3,459 passing yards and 25 touchdowns (career totals: 51 TD & 7,731 yards). The team psychologist said that Stafford had “unfinished business”. What kid doesn’t have unresolved things with parents? We all have family issues and need to deal with them.