One year ago, the Kansas City Chiefs made Dorian O’Daniel one of the top 100 players picked in the 2018 NFL Draft. In 2019, you’d never know he was even on the team’s roster.
Given the amount of media coverage at each NFL franchise’s training camp these days, it’s hard for a player to not draw any attention to himself. Every nuance of practice is now broadcast in bits on the internet, and such close access allows for each and every fan base to create exaggerative responses to meaningless bits of action.
“Look at that incredible catch by Demarcus Robinson,” we exclaim, without remotely acknowledging the complete lack of a pass rush or ability to tackle.