Enough Already

Apparently the San Diego Chargers aren't making second round pick, and likely starting inside linebacker, Manti Te'o available to the media. No one knows for sure whether this is at Te'o's request or that of the Chargers. Personally, I don't blame either for going this route. I've had enough of this stupid story and I don't have to live it. According to a reporter from U-T San Diego, the Chargers aren't making Te'o available to the media until mid-June. The team is calling it an "organizational decision." Whatever. This reporter says that this is a mistake by the team and the player. They just want to talk about football. I don't see this reporter pursuing a "sit-down" with Chargers third round pick Keenan Allen. He'd probably love to talk some football with a local reporter. How about top pick D.J. Fluker. He's going to protect franchise quarterback Philip Rivers. That sounds pretty important to me. Pretty interesting too. That sounds far more important to me than the tabloid-life that was Manti Te'o's senior season at Notre Dame. This reporter wants to hear from Te'o and I seriously doubt that this reporter wants to hear anything about the rookie linebacker's comfort in the Chargers defense.

Former Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis said that this was a good move by the Chargers. He said that it was a move by Chargers head coach Mike McCoy to simply establish trust with his player. Keeping the media off of the kid was the coach's way of saying "I got your back." Davis would know the particulars of a football team far better than any media knucklehead. McCoy also has first hand experience of media coverage of a football team for reasons other than football. He was with the Denver Broncos when the Tim Tebow circus was in town.

So, Manti Te'o is naive. So, Manti Te'o made some mistakes. The story was old to me about a second after it exploded. People have made fun of him long enough. Maybe, this story has hung around far too long because those carrying it have been duped as well. Maybe, it makes them fell better because Manti Te'o fell for a lie and it played out in the public eye. Let it go. There's got to be more interesting things out there. Like football. And, only football.