Such an eagles pick to make, isn't it??

[Ellsworth]

Remember what we all said heading into that draft? I know I said if the dream team took that 26 year old fireman I was going to chuck my remote through the TV

Seriously, how do Reid and Roseman draft this fucking guy in the first round??

http://www.inquirer.com/sports/20130..._be_in_it.html
But there were plenty of clues that Watkins, who first picked up the game at 22 when he attended California's Butte College to study fire sciences, didn't have the passion required to succeed in the NFL. If true, he certainly wasn't the first top draft pick to lack the necessary drive.

Watkins loves firefighting, though. There is no speculation there. He was a regular at Rescue 1, Philadelphia's elite firefighting unit, and at Engine 7 in Kensington, according to sources within the department.

Watkins would cook, do dishes, mop the floor, and even rode the trucks to calls.

[AthensEagle]

Taking away the fact that he was an ultimate chicken choke of a pick, the firefighter dudes must have loved him. He certainly wasn't a spoiled asshole athlete.

Of course, I would have absolutely preferred an offensive line starter still with the team who had frequent brushes with the law and a tendency to 'make it rain' at strip clubs.

[McCarthy12]

Now he can take up his true passion full time with 6 million in the bank. Heck of a con job.

[Ellsworth]

I can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing if we are being totally honest.

[Franks N Beans]

Good luck to him..

By all accounts this is the kind of down to earth guy that you'd want to have a beer with. Sounds like football wasn't his true passion, and everyone knew this except the Dream Team FO. This is a typical "We're Smarter than you" pick. If anything, it sounds like the kid was as advertised and FF was convinced he could change him.

He won't play another down in football.