The father of Tyler Bray said his son is “very excited’’ about signing a free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, but Jeff Bray couldn’t mask his disappointed over the former Tennessee quarterback going undrafted when he was projected to be picked as high as the second round by some draft analysts, Jimmy Hyams of the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. “It was brutal,’’ Jeff Bray said of watching the draft from his home in California with Tyler. “I personally think with that kind of talent, to sit through something like that, it just amazes me.’’ Jeff Bray said two teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers and coach Mike Tomlin, said they would draft Bray. But the Steelers instead took Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones in the fourth round. Eleven quarterbacks were selected in the draft, including a guy from Southern Utah and Duke’s Sean Renfree. “I know I’m his parent, but I don’t see how 11 quarterbacks get picked, and the best quarterback physically is not picked,’’ Jeff Bray said. “Nobody wants him (in the draft), then for two hours the phone does not stop ringing from different teams,’’ Jeff Bray said. “As a parent, you say: ‘You want him now, but you didn’t want him in the draft?’ ’’ Source: The Redzone
Exactly... We didn't see the need to overpay in the draft when we knew you'd be by the phone right after. Simple economics.
“I personally think with that kind of talent, to sit through something like that, it just amazes me.’’ lol I do think they intended on drafting him, but i think he might have been too much of an airhead and jones falling to the 4th made them make a judgment call. If jones wasnt there in 4, Bray probably would have been drafted by the steelers Kind surprised they didnt sign him as an UDFA
