Joe Flacco was asked yesterday if he considers it his job to mentor Drew Lock.
Jeff Heuerman was asked today if he considers it his job to mentor Noah Fant.
Given how the mainstream sports media went berserk over Flacco’s very reasonable comments about why it’s not his job to be the mentor, it’s safe to assume that the baited question will be asked of every veteran who may have a standout rookie chasing his starter position.
So before this mentoring “issue” gets out of control (if it hasn’t already, as Joe Rowles excellently highlighted), let’s talk about what “mentoring” actually is.