[JustAnotherFan]

Really wish the NFL declaration process was set up like the NBAs where you could go to the combine/have a pro day and then opt out of the draft and either return to the same school or go into the transfer portal. These guys have to make some very difficult decisions and are doing so with very incomplete information.

I think players like Schaffer and Antoine know they are longshots to make the NFL but are ready to move on with their life one way or another.  If they make it in the NFL, great, but I suspect that even if they don't, they're looking forward to starting a career somewhere.

As someone else has noted, Schaffer became a valuable contributor this year so good for him.

BC

I wear the 'someone else' label with pride.

[JustAnotherFan]

Really wish the NFL declaration process was set up like the NBAs where you could go to the combine/have a pro day and then opt out of the draft and either return to the same school or go into the transfer portal. These guys have to make some very difficult decisions and are doing so with very incomplete information.

I think players like Schaffer and Antoine know they are longshots to make the NFL but are ready to move on with their life one way or another.  If they make it in the NFL, great, but I suspect that even if they don't, they're looking forward to starting a career somewhere.

As someone else has noted, Schaffer became a valuable contributor this year so good for him.

BC

I wear the 'someone else' label with pride.