It takes a media monolith as powerful as the NFL and an offseason period as dead as May to make a huge story out of a guy oversleeping. Brand new Redskins rookie tight end Fred Davis didn't show up for a minicamp practice yesterday because he didn't make it out of bed in time.

Since then, I have read approximately 72,000 articles/blog posts about Fred's deep slumber. By the end of the day, I anticipate being an expert on Fred Davis's REM sleep cycles, and I will also be intimately familiar with his pajamas and the effects that the fabric might be having on his circadian rhythms.

The subtext to all of it is that the Redskins drafted Davis despite already having Pro Bowler Chris Cooley on the roster and having needs elsewhere. So there's already that pressure on him, and he doesn't need any further questions about his inability to successfully program an alarm clock.

Personally, I'd like to believe that our main man Chris Cooley snuck into his room, drugged him, tossed his alarm clock into the toilet, and on his way out, said something like, "This is what happens when you try to cut into Chris Cooley's playing time, pal."

But Cooley's already on record as saying that he'll do "everything [he] can to help Fred become the best football player for the Redskins," so that probably rules him out.

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