Updated: 6:00 p.m. CDT ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team. Coach Jeff Fisher repeated over and over that it was purely a football decision. “I will tell you this: I was pulling for Mike,” Fisher said at news conference on Saturday. “I really was, and I don’t say that very often. Mike came in here and did everything we asked him to do.” The seventh-round pick has been forthright and confident as his progress was watched as closely as any rookie in the league. He has been cheered by athletes and celebrities. In the end, the defensive end couldn’t make a team stocked with pass rushers and lost out to undrafted Ethan Westbrooks, who proved more productive and more versatile.
Rams coach: Michael Sam was no distraction in training camp ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher says he was in Michael Sam’s corner from the start and that having the first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team was no distraction at all in training camp. Fisher says that releasing Sam was purely a football decision. Fisher believes too much was made of Sam’s orientation and that wherever he lands, it should not be an issue. Continue reading →
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