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Joe Thomas (1 Viewer)
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ImTheScientist
Footballguy
You can always go fishing with your dad...how often does someone get to be drafted in the NFL and how often does someone get to be a top 5 pick. 
I would never want him on my team. I saw a NFL Draft feature on last years draft and Vernon Davis broke down into tears....there is a guy who worked hard to get where he is and has a respect for what it means to be in the NFL. Thomas doesn't even show up.........LAME
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massraider
Footballguy
This decision will actually raise or lower his stock with some people.
Pretty lame when someone starts arguing football is more important than family.... LAME
Slinger
Footballguy
Pretty lame when someone starts arguing football is more important than family.... LAME
Joe Thomas's stock just raised in my eyes. He's not a prima donna. Just wants to go fishing before training camp with the old man. What is there not to get?
ImTheScientist
Footballguy
yeah, too bad his relationship with his dad is more important then the draft.don't know much about him, maybe he just doesn't like a lot of personal attention - afterall, he is a lineman, not a wr.
Capella
Footballguy
ImTheScientist
Footballguy
You all make me .... lets spend time with the old man
.... lets spend time with the old man 
Keith Lewis
Footballguy
I think that's awesome, me and pops don't get along so well but I'd be very honored if my own son wanted to keep a tradition such as this with me someday.
LAUNCH
Footballguy
So if he was sitting in his living room with his Dad this would be better? I can see how someone wouldn't want to go through the ups and downs of every second of the draft. I can assure you that Aaron Rodgers was wishing he had gone fishing on his draft day.LAUNCH
massraider
Footballguy
What if his dad wanted to go to the nudie bar and "make it rain"?You all make me
Jeff Pasquino
Footballguy
Great info here so far. 
He makes a choice how he chooses to go into the NFL. More power to him.
Move on.
He makes a choice how he chooses to go into the NFL. More power to him.
Move on.
Mr. Brownstone
Footballguy
You wouldn't want him on your team because he doesn't want to be at a corporate event?You can always go fishing with your dad...how often does someone get to be drafted in the NFL and how often does someone get to be a top 5 pick.
I would never want him on my team. I saw a NFL Draft feature on last years draft and Vernon Davis broke down into tears....there is a guy who worked hard to get where he is and has a respect for what it means to be in the NFL. Thomas doesn't even show up.........LAME
Slinger
Footballguy
This is clearly shtick.You all make me.... lets spend time with the old man
gman8343
What would Lemmy do?
You're not really a scientist, are you?
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Scientist should take his ball and go home.You wouldn't want him on your team because he doesn't want to be at a corporate event?
The Ref
Footballguy
Call me strange, but if some company wants to pay me millions of dollars so that I can take care of my family for the rest of our lives then I am going to show up for the dog and pony show for a couple of days.
THEN I would go fishing with my old man for the rest of the spring.
This isn't all that big a deal, but I do find it a tad odd.
THEN I would go fishing with my old man for the rest of the spring.
This isn't all that big a deal, but I do find it a tad odd.
krsone21
Footballguy
I applaud Joe Thomas for spending quality time with his dad even on a big day like this. You never know when someones time is up. What if he goes to this draft show and the next day is dad died. I'm sure he would think about that the rest of his life. He should be with his dad if he wishes to be.
a_rackowski
Footballguy
I think its an awesome gesture that he is going to be out fishing with his Dad when he gets that call. Has anyone with the same last name ever gone 1,2 in the draft before?
Phurfur
Footballguy
I guess he is not only going to be drafted in the top 5 but he is also going to go fishng with Dad. Now that's a win / win situation.
enfuego
Footballguy
pigskin pimp
Footballguy
LMAO at you guys!
You, like me, are stoked for the draft. If any of your old papas ask you to go fishing on draft day, 9 of 10 of you would turn him down. But since Joe Thomas is going to miss it, oh what a great upstanding guy, missing the day he gets drafted to fish with pops. I want him as my team's LT.
LMAO
"Uh, Dad, I love you. But I'm getting drafted on Saturday, do you care if I go to NY?"
You, like me, are stoked for the draft. If any of your old papas ask you to go fishing on draft day, 9 of 10 of you would turn him down. But since Joe Thomas is going to miss it, oh what a great upstanding guy, missing the day he gets drafted to fish with pops. I want him as my team's LT.
LMAO
"Uh, Dad, I love you. But I'm getting drafted on Saturday, do you care if I go to NY?"
a_rackowski
Footballguy
Draft coverage on the radio is best anyhow
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Spartans Rule
Footballguy
This will totally ruin the draft for me.
I was really looking forward to watching Joe Thomas put on a hat of his new team, hug his crying mother, and give stock answers to stock questions for two minutes. Something that exciting only comes along every 15 minutes during the draft.
I was really looking forward to watching Joe Thomas put on a hat of his new team, hug his crying mother, and give stock answers to stock questions for two minutes. Something that exciting only comes along every 15 minutes during the draft.
pigskin pimp
Footballguy
Don't sell it short. Afterall we got to see Eli wear a SD cap and pout for the camera, only to later don a NYG hat with big smiles from Archie and him. We got to see the Philly fans boo the heck out of McNabb. We got to see the Vikings flub their picks 2x in a row. We got to the free fall of Aaron Rodgers.This stuff is money.I mean...the twists and turns...it's like a friggin soap opera.
pigskin pimp
Footballguy
incest down?
Slinger
Footballguy
Garts
Footballguy
can't he go the week after?This decision will actually raise or lower his stock with some people.
Futeki
Footballguy
What if he has a tradition to watch the Super Bowl with his dad down at "Joe's Bar"?
Joe: "Sorry, team. After I am done fishing I'll catch the game on the tube. I'll be rooting for you!"
Not that any of the teams drafting at the top will make it to the big game anytime soon.
This is a once in a lifetime event. He should be there. However, it is really a non-issue.
Joe: "Sorry, team. After I am done fishing I'll catch the game on the tube. I'll be rooting for you!"
Not that any of the teams drafting at the top will make it to the big game anytime soon.
This is a once in a lifetime event. He should be there. However, it is really a non-issue.
not the same thinghe's gone
every year, and presumably will continue to do soand I can believe it took us 28 posts to break out the old
smilely!
Futeki
Footballguy
True, it isn't the same thing. He might actually make it to a Super Bowl multiple times in his life.As I said, it really is a non-issue.not the same thinghe's gone
and I can believe it took us 28 posts to break out the old
-OZ-
Footballguy
Green Bay sure did. It's not like he actually does anything on draft day except sit there are wait. I'd rather sit there and fish.So if he was sitting in his living room with his Dad this would be better? I can see how someone wouldn't want to go through the ups and downs of every second of the draft. I can assure you that Aaron Rodgers was wishing he had gone fishing on his draft day.LAUNCH
I'd imagine he'll bring a radio. Maybe a cell phone.
I'm wondering how many TV channels will send a reporter to Lake Michigan now.
Our Gang
Footballguy
Let's see...Fishin?Millen?Fishin?Millen?Fishin?Millen?FISHIN!!!!!!!!!
Maybe he doesn't want the world to see the dissapointment on his face when he is drafted by Detriot.
GRIDIRON ASSASSIN
Footballguy
yawn... Reported over a week ago already:
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...3&hl=Thomas
http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...3&hl=Thomas
Kirby
Footballguy
Looks like Joe's not the only one going
johntorn
Footballguy
Man you need a hug or something! You should call a family member and go fishing!You all make me
Warhogs
Footballguy
I think it's cool that Joe Thomas likes to fish and spend time with his Dad. He will still get drafted as early as he was going to be. I would bet he will field a call on a cell phone (if he has signal). After the weekend he will fly out to his new team and get to work. It's nice to have a quality weekend fishing with Dad and get drafted to a team that will give you a multi-million dollar contract. What a weekend. I'm sure he will be working hard and be very busy after theis weekend so why not get some time in with Dad? I like it.
Holy Schneikes
Footballguy
Not a big deal, as I agree that it isn't really critical that he be there.
HOWEVER, I don't understand what the big deal is on the other side either. Why is that particular weekend so important fishing-wise? Can't he go a couple of days later or earlier? Just seems kind of stupid to me.
If it's me, I want to make a good impression on my team and my new employer (NFL) who is going to spend many millions of dollars on me. Yeah, it's kind of schmaltzy. But if my new employer wanted me to be there, I'd be there and sit through the schmaltz.
It's not like his dad is having surgery or anything, in which case family would absolutely trump my job. If I am missing part of the story, and this really is the ONLY (or best) time he and his dad can go fishing this year for some odd reason, OK, I get it. But if it's a fishing trip that could just as easily be taken some other time? Just go to the fricken draft and fish later. "Pop, how bout we sit through the draft for a couple of hours since it seems to mean a lot to the guys who are going to set us up for life, and go fishing next weekend?"
HOWEVER, I don't understand what the big deal is on the other side either. Why is that particular weekend so important fishing-wise? Can't he go a couple of days later or earlier? Just seems kind of stupid to me.
If it's me, I want to make a good impression on my team and my new employer (NFL) who is going to spend many millions of dollars on me. Yeah, it's kind of schmaltzy. But if my new employer wanted me to be there, I'd be there and sit through the schmaltz.
It's not like his dad is having surgery or anything, in which case family would absolutely trump my job. If I am missing part of the story, and this really is the ONLY (or best) time he and his dad can go fishing this year for some odd reason, OK, I get it. But if it's a fishing trip that could just as easily be taken some other time? Just go to the fricken draft and fish later. "Pop, how bout we sit through the draft for a couple of hours since it seems to mean a lot to the guys who are going to set us up for life, and go fishing next weekend?"
