Who doesn't love a great conspiracy theory? Especially when it isn't concerning something serious, like assassinations or terrorism, and instead focuses on a seventh-round NFL draft pick and a cable television reality show?
So consider this headline on the website of 590 Sports Radio out of St. Louis: "League Made Deal With Rams To Draft Sam." Or this one from Deadspin: "Did The Rams Draft Michael Sam Just To Avoid Hard Knocks?"
Whoa. Good times.
Sam is defensive end Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to attempt to make the NFL. The St. Louis Rams selected him late in the 2014 draft amid much fanfare.