Quote:If bloodlines meant "nothing" then why do people always gush about bloodlines when it works out for the "positive", i.e. Clay Matthews/ Mannings/ et al. 

 

Are there examples of bloodlines not correlating/? sure. No one is saying otherwise....but for people to totally dismiss it is convenient. If the elder brother of Carr was actually uhm...---good--- then it would probably be a safe bet that all the people dismissing bloodlines would then be touting bloodlines in favor of Derek....thats what people around here do. 

 

The bolded is just a nice story to tell leading up to the draft or on a pregame show. I remember some people wanted Casey Matthews as early as the 2nd round...because of bloodlines....so he had to be good.

 

just like:

 

Joe Montana's kids

Jerry Rice JR 

Matthew Slater

Anthony Dorsett

Ryan Nece 

Jarrett Payton 

 

For people to totally dismiss the bloodlines things is only logical because there are many more Matthew Slater's and Jarrett Payton's in the world than their are Manning brothers.

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