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AT THE NFL Combine in Indianapolis last week, NFL teams conducted interviews with different draft prospects.
These meetings are the closest NFL players come to a traditional job interview. But unlike Google or Facebook — which put candidates on the spot with diabolically tricky questions — NFL teams often try to stump interviewees with highly personal, and often inappropriate questions.
Dez Bryant was famously asked if his mother was a prostitute. Last year a prospect was asked if he “liked girls.”
This year, top quarterback prospect Blake Bortles was asked about his girlfriend, Lindsey Duke, who has become famous online for her bikini picture-filled Instagram account.
Bortles told Dan Patrick that one team asked him about Duke to see how he’d react.
From the Dan Patrick Show:
Interviewer: “Wait, what did they ask you about your girlfriend. If you had one?”
Bortles: “Yeah, if I had one. It was just kind of some awkward, ‘Well if we come to town will she be there for dinner?’ Stuff like that.”
Interviewer: “Wait a minute, your girlfriend’s a little famous right? She’s been on the Internet, pictures have gone viral of her. Very, very striking woman. Didn’t they do their homework on this?”
Bortles: “Yeah. They knew going into the meeting. I think that was kind of their angle, to see how I would react to it.”
That’s an awkward question. But Bortles is essentially interviewing to be a public figure, so it’s probably fair game.
They seem happy:
Must say I love this new format. Three cracking games ahead today. You’d be waiting around for weeks to see a decent game any other year.
@Mike: for me it just doesn’t have the championship game feel. Not a lot of hype for the games. Much prefer the knockout format.
@Patrick Corbett: Ara things were gone very stale. The buzz was gone way back since the great days of 1995-2005. Even last summer, there was only a very small Clare crowd at the Munster final. Cork’s resurgent support made up for it. Two years ago, there was just 26,000 at the Munster Final in Limerick. The Clare-Waterford semi-final had 19,000. None of the two other games in Munster broke 30,000. People were tired of it. We’ve rose-tinted glasses when it comes to change. This new format is the job.
@Mike: we’re spoiled for games now mike. long may it last. another great Sunday of hurling!
Michael Ryan can relax, he has only one interview left for the year
Waiting for how long for a championship match in Galway and they produce a pitch like that
Anto Nash is some goalie
Would it be too much to ask to put the scores at the top of the page – jeez!
Do a usability course
That pitch in Salthill is very poor, what were they doing on it, ploughing?
@Victor Sonovich: Ed Sheeran was on it two weeks ago.
2 cracking games to look forward to, As a neutral it’s tipp and Galway for me to win today.
@Conor Noonan: Tipp look to have no interest,very disappointing first half from them,
Unfortunately it looks like we’ll be blessed to even get out of the round robin format this year – disappointed Waterford fan
Wasn’t so long ago they were calling for john meyler to be sacked after just a handful of games.now his corks prodigy in the championship