It’s important to read this quote from former Chicago Bears national scout Chris Prescott describing the team’s second-round draft pick, safety Jaquan Brisker, after the team selected him 48th overall on Friday. Read it. Then read it again.
“He’s a – what would we call it? – Ph.D? Poor, hungry and desperate. Football is his life,” Prescott told ESPN’s Courtney Cronin. “This is this kid’s life. There’s a lot to like about that when you see a guy who’s so passionate about football.”
Cronin wrote in a follow-up tweet that Prescott was discussing Brisker’s playing mentality.
“It’s how he communicates … you feel a tough, hard-nosed kid,” Prescott said, according to Cronin.
That didn’t really help Prescott’s case. It made it worse.
If Prescott talks about players like this publicly, imagine what he says when out of view.
