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"Hear that? That's my draft status falling!"

As we get closer to the NFL draft next week the heat is turning up on those hoping to be selected in the first round. One person in particular is Arkansas gun slinger Ryan Mallett. Who for some stupid reason admitted to past drug use during NFL team interviews.  Although he refused to address questions from the media about alleged drug use at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, after dodging several queries, Mallett abruptly ended his press conference. He then apparently came clean in interviews with NFL teams.(1)

"One G.M. said Mallett was the first quarterback ever to admit his drug usage to him in interviews, and his willingness to be honest about his past and acknowledge issues is viewed as a positive," according to Pro Football Weekly. "Concerns about his history of use could impact his draft position, though."

I don't care what the G.M. says, it's never a good idea to admit to drug use while interviewing for a job. He can sugar coat that all day long but it will definitely hurt his draft position especially because he's a quarterback. He's the leader of the team for crying out loud! The ball is in the his hands on every play so therefore, they don't need to have question marks going into the draft. No one wants to take a guy that has admitted to using drugs especially while they were essentially broke.

If the guy is using on a college budget he's going to be a fool on an NFL budget. Let me say my favorite line, "Money is like alcohol, it doesn't change you, it just brings out what's already in you". With that being said, if I were a G.M., I surely wouldn't take him early because the earlier he comes off of the board the more he's got to be paid.

Don't get me wrong, I know that they're more guys are using drugs but he was the only genius to admit it in an interview. You can't be anymore foolish than that. First of all, I don't condone the guy for using but I sure wouldn't tell him, if he were my kid, to admit to the guy that may potentially be paying him tens of millions of dollars that he's used in the past.

He'll get drafted next week, later than he expected to, but why have that hanging over his head during this process. The local media for whatever team picks him up will just blast him with questions about his past behavior. It's going to be a distraction from day one. Let's hope he can handle it.

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Jay Graves

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Information from Dennis Dillion's article from the Sporting News was used in this article.(1)