Re: NFL 2012/13 Postseason Thread
I don't know what to think about it. On one hand, I can't believe Te'o just "dated" someone for that long without even the slightest reassurance she was legit. I know it would be hard to imagine this person was a complete liar about her entire existence, but most men would at least wonder if she at least looked the way she claimed to, and I'm guessing at one point "she" at least provided him with pictures at the very least. Did it never occur to him to link up a video chat or SOMETHING? He could have done it on Facebook, Skype, and a number of other ways. Or even better... actually visited her at least once before committing to a relationship to that degree.
On the other hand, whoever did this to him is completely sick and heartless individual who should probably be questioning their own existence.
It's a very messy situation resulting from idiocy on both sides of the coin. Unfortunately for Te'o, he has more to lose as NFL scouts will no doubt question many things about him including his judgement, mental stability, intelligence, as well as his lack of marketability now considering not many people will want to wear a Te'o jersey since this incident will be remembered for the rest of his career as a professional athlete and he's already become the biggest joke in the NFL before he's even drafted.
However, if there's one thing head coaches probably like about him now is that they know it won't take much to get him on board with whatever philosophy they're selling to their players. I just really hope for Te'o's sake that he doesn't get picked up by the Jets. That would be the absolute worst, worst, WORST thing that could possibly happen to the kid at this point. Hopefully a team with a good reputation picks him up (Patriots, Colts, Steelers, etc) and it curves people's perception of him as an athlete.
