The Seattle Seahawks have a great recent history of adding undrafted free agent wide receivers and having them turn out well. Doug Baldwin became one of the more productive wideouts in team history, for instance. Jake Bobo is the kind of glue guy every team needs. Michael Briscoe won't be that player, at least not in Seattle.
The 6'2" and 205-pound receiver who has run a bit over 4.4 in the 40-yard dash must have done something quite bad. He wanted to play in the NFL so badly that he might not have told the team the full truth about his health.
What that was is unknown, but on Thursday, Seattle released Briscoe with a failure to disclose a physical condition designation. This implies the receiver had either a long-term health issue or injury that he knew about but tried to hide from the team.
Seattle Seahawks release wide receiver Michael Briscoe for health reasons
If you're reading this, kids, and going through the same situation, just remember: To keep your dreams alive, tell the truth. If you don't, eventually someone somewhere will find out what the truth is, and you will be in trouble.
Trust, of course, is important in the NFL, just as it is in almost all employer-employee relationships. The difference in football is that people generally get paid a lot more money than a normal employee does. Because of the money being spent, a team is going to want to know everything possible about a player's health. If they are hurt, they can't play.
Of course, what isn't known, and might never be, is what Michael Briscoe didn't disclose. Other teams could be turned off by what he didn't tell the Seattle Seahawks, and might not take a chance on signing the bigger wide receiver themselves.
It's simply too bad that Briscoe didn't allow himself to work out for the Seahawks. He could have been a real replacement for Dareke Young, another undrafted free agent who carved out a niche on special teams, and was signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in free agency this offseason for one year and $1.8 million. That's good money.
Or maybe he could have been Jake Bobo. Another special teams standout who made some extremely important catches at times, like in the NFC Championship last season. Bobo got paid this offseason, too, as Seattle matched the Jacksonville Jaguars offer sheet, so the receiver will make as much as $5.5 million over the next two seasons.
The kind that Briscoe might never see now, at least not while playing professional football. Not disclosing a health issue is one of the worst things a player can do. Whatever happened in the case of the undrafted free agent, hopefully, he learns from it and can be productive elsewhere, if anyone gives him a chance.
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