College football bowl season is in full swing, with the National Championship matchup set and other bowl games taking place. On top of exciting football, it also features high-profile players, such as Kenny Pickett, opting out of the games in order to maintain their health for the NFL. Green Bay Packers safety Adrian Amos slammed one particular take on the subject he did not agree with.
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit claimed on the air that college players don't actually love football as much as they used to. Desmond Howard, a Heisman Trophy winner and analyst on the ESPN set, explained that the bowl games today, aside from the College Football Playoff, are meaningless to players nowadays. Amos fired back on Twitter.
So since players are opting out of playing football for free to ensure that they can play football at the highest level for money, that means they don’t love football anymore? https://t.co/whfHWUjLhP
— Adrian Amos (@_SmashAmos31) January 2, 2022
Amos points out the glaring hypocrisy in Herbstreit's statement. Players who opt out of the bowl games — and only those who have serious stock as an NFL prospect do so — are doing it so they can protect their future. The Packers' safety understands that an injury can derail a players' chance of making it to the next level and that sitting out one game doesn't mean players don't actually love the sport.
Allen Robinson of the Chicago Bears agreed with Amos, pointing out that the players are skipping just one game.
— Adrian Amos (@_SmashAmos31) January 2, 2022
Amos and the Packers may be in a similar situation to Pickett and other college stars. Green Bay could clinch the NFC's top seed with a win and a loss from the Dallas Cowboys. They could opt to rest some of their best players in Week 18 in order to preserve their health for the playoffs. But they'll have to take care of business against the Kirk Cousins-less Minnesota Vikings first.
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