Bielema NFL?? Interesting story.

Well here’s an interesting tidbit I didn’t know. Apparently while at Wisconsin Bielema flirted with the NFL. Hadn’t ever really considered the possibility we could lose him to the NFL some day.

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It is the winter of 2012, and Bielema, Wisconsin's coach at the time, is interviewing for the head coaching job with the Miami Dolphins. He is a day and a half into his meetings, and is mapping out his plans with the Dolphins' brass. He promises them a Super Bowl ring within five years if they pick Wilson, his quarterback at Wisconsin, in the upcoming draft.

Then the coach at Wisconsin, Bret Bielema promised the Miami Dolphins a Super Bowl ring if they drafted his quarterback, Russell Wilson.
The idea of selecting a 5-10 quarterback in the second round, which is where Bielema thinks they need to, does not go over well. They think he's crazy.

"One hundred percent," Bielema says.

"They all looked at me like, 'You can't say that. That's the difference between college and pro. He's undersized. He can't throw.' I was like, 'OK, all right,' and I honestly, that day, kind of pulled myself out of it."

Bielema says he couldn't work for people he wasn't on the same page with. (Former Miami GM Jeff Ireland, now a scout with New Orleans, was not made available through the Saints for this article.)