Blue: The game has slowed down for me

[Ironicalicon]

The game didn’t slow down. That’s like saying the sun sets while it doesn’t move at all.

You just decided to finally make an effort and you sped up. Not the same thing, young man. Go have a great football season.

You being another offensive weapon means a lot to the team overall. Go do it.

He got smarter. Ask Schotty.

 

[fivetwos]

He got smarter. Ask Schotty.

I’d only be guessing on Blue, but I can fully see how some young guys sign a rookie deal, get a few bucks in their pocket….many for the first time ever…and they mail it in. Then they realize that their money wasn’t all that much and they need to put forth an effort. Some never get there. They’ve been great all their lives, they don’t even know how to work hard if they wanted to. Now they need to work harder than ever but they have some money so maybe they get lazy at the same time. Bad combo for some.

That stuff is tough for teams to get to the bottom of since these guys are coached up to say the right things in draft interviews.

Again, I’m not saying that’s the case with Blue, but I’d bet the above scenario is part of why there’s a such thing as draft busts.

 

[Ironicalicon]

I’d only be guessing on Blue, but I can fully see how some young guys sign a rookie deal, get a few bucks in their pocket….many for the first time ever…and they mail it in. Then they realize that their money wasn’t all that much and they need to put forth an effort. Some never get there. They’ve been great all their lives, they don’t even know how to work hard if they wanted to. Now they need to work harder than ever but they have some money so maybe they get lazy at the same time. Bad combo for some.

That stuff is tough for teams to get to the bottom of since these guys are coached up to say the right things in draft interviews.

Again, I’m not saying that’s the case with Blue, but I’d bet the above scenario is part of why there’s a such thing as draft busts.

Totally could be the case. I can see it.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

Let this be a lesson for front office, coaches and fans who think a strong draft class will be the difference between a wild card team and a super bowl team in its first year. Free agency matters!!!!!

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

If we can block.

Yes, right now both tackles are liability rather than an asset

 

[jazzcat22]

This will be one of the many TC interest.
Back up RB. And it is not so much who is RB#2. But how they utilize them.

 

[TwentyOne]

Blatherer.


Stay that way. You fit this franchise.

 

[Nova]

Thats the equivalent of playing a 45 record at 33 speed.

Can't wait to hear what message he gets when playing it backwards.

Youngsters.......no shame in googling this.

huh?... ohhhh you're talking about DVDs

 

[G2]

Don't just sing it, bring it!

 

[blueblood70]

The game didn’t slow down. That’s like saying the sun sets while it doesn’t move at all.

You just decided to finally make an effort and you sped up. Not the same thing, young man. Go have a great football season.

You being another offensive weapon means a lot to the team overall. Go do it.

It is hilarious that you say something that I find untrue, and then your boy Coug gives you some kind of prize for it ,

it's absolutely wrong.

Anyone who plays sports knows that you get more comfortable with each game. If you overthink, you don’t play as well—your instincts don’t kick in if you’re too focused on your assignment, who to block, what the quarterback said, or whether you’ll run the play correctly. Are you stepping or hitting the hole at full speed?

Quarterbacks deal with this even more, but it affects all players, even linebackers. Overthinking assignments and adjusting to the faster game speed from college to the pros is a real challenge. Once things start to feel easier and you rely more on instincts, it’s like the game slows down.

Let Me explain this in more layman's terms,

When most of us first learned how to drive, we were overthinking everything—remembering to use our turn signals, checking our mirrors, making sure our hands were in the right position, it was overwhelming.

Even basic tasks like backing into a spot or parallel parking felt stressful.

But once you become an experienced driver, all those things happen without you even thinking about them. You’re relaxed, maybe driving with one hand, instinctively checking your mirrors, and knowing exactly how to pull up and park.

In a way, driving feels slower once you gain more experience.

I can relate to that

I played high school ball, and it’s one thing when you’re going up against middle schoolers, but when HS showed up and we faced faster, bigger, stronger players with a whole new playbook, the game felt a lot quicker and hard to process. But each year it got better and better It got much easier and yet it felt slower.

I also STILL wakeboard, snowboard, and surf, and I’ve noticed I do better when I’m not overthinking. The more you get comfortable with a trick, the more it just comes naturally.

These are facts. So please, don’t sit behind a screen and tell a professional ballplayer that the game was never fast because they weren’t giving enough effort, that’s nonsense.

There’s plenty of evidence out there showing that in sports, when things become easier, they slow down, and that’s a fact.

 

[blueblood70]

I understand, and I’m glad he feels that way. I think the analogy was correct though. The sun doesn’t move, and the game doesn’t slow down. It’s him that changed.

It's not correct, We don't need your analogies to understand what he meant, and he is absolutely 100 percent on point.

it's 100 percent inaccurate. Apparently, you haven't played many sports of any kind or done much in life that took skill that you need to learn, and things felt fast they felt stressful and out of control and over time they all got comfortable and easy and you're able to just be instinctual.

You literally do play faster when you just it's thankful going with natural talent not overthinking absolutely you are faster if things feel slower.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

The game didn’t slow down. That’s like saying the sun sets while it doesn’t move at all.

You just decided to finally make an effort and you sped up. Not the same thing, young man. Go have a great football season.

You being another offensive weapon means a lot to the team overall. Go do it.

One thing you do hear from guys is the fast the game is….

 

[blueblood70]

RB is one of the few positions that are historically seamless from college to the NFL. That fact that he couldn't play , tells me he's a scrub.

That doesn't mean there won't be struggles for whatever reason there was nothing seamless out last year thing back crop I watch guys like AJ who was supposed to be quick for the Raiders it took him awhile and I don't hear about how it's offensive line and his team was bad because now making excuses..

Nothing is always as seamless as you think it is That's how I used to be yes play everybody back hit the A or B gap..

But when you're coming into an offense maybe you've never ran and trying to understand your blogging assignments Hear audibles et cetera et cetera Getting your tie on your play calls right well you should hesitate you know wait or did you just full speed from the beginning these are all things you pick up in a new offense and sometimes you are thinking about it too much..

Promise you I watched last year crop of running backs and most of them are very disappointing the first half of the season apparently even the top running backs in the draft 2 while to catch up..

Need to go back ten or 15-20 years be even longer remember all the busts that came from Wisconsin and other schools that these guys are great in college they running back and they didn't workout too well in the FL so your theory well have some merit it doesn't mean it applies to every player..

Below are some of the bigger names but there been many more it's not the same for everyone And I wanna hear the make for these guys down here they were supposed to be great and they weren't Apparently they struggled at the next level.

• Ki-Jana Carter (Penn State - 1st overall in 1995): Selected first overall by the Cincinnati Bengals, Carter’s pro career was derailed by a torn ACL in his first preseason game. He never rushed for 1,000 yards in a single season and finished his injury-plagued career with just 1,144 rushing yards over seven years.
• Trent Richardson (Alabama - 3rd overall in 2012): Taken third overall by the Cleveland Browns, Richardson had a promising rookie year but quickly became historically inefficient. Traded to the Colts, he struggled with vision and poor yards-per-carry averages, ultimately washing out of the league after just four seasons.
• Lawrence Phillips (Nebraska - 6th overall in 1996): Drafted by the St. Louis Rams, Phillips possessed immense physical talent. However, recurring off-field issues and legal troubles cut his NFL tenure incredibly short, making him one of the most infamous draft flops in sports history.
• Ron Dayne (Wisconsin - 11th overall in 2000): Drafted by the New York Giants as a Heisman Trophy-winning collegiate legend, Dayne struggled to transition his heavy, bruising college style to the speed of the NFL, never establishing himself as a reliable every-down back.
• Blair Thomas (Penn State - 2nd overall in 1990): Taken second overall by the New York Jets, Thomas battled injuries and struggled to find his footing, never rushing for more than 759 yards in a single NFL season

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I understand, and I’m glad he feels that way. I think the analogy was correct though. The sun doesn’t move, and the game doesn’t slow down. It’s him that changed.

Truthfully he hasn’t even played a game this season yet so I kind of find his comments kind of funny because game should seem slow in mini camps.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

RB is one of the few positions that are historically seamless from college to the NFL. That fact that he couldn't play , tells me he's a scrub.

Not true. And he did play and had a solid game even if it was the Giants.

 

[fivetwos]

It is hilarious that you say something that I find untrue, and then your boy Coug gives you some kind of prize for it ,

it's absolutely wrong.

Anyone who plays sports knows that you get more comfortable with each game. If you overthink, you don’t play as well—your instincts don’t kick in if you’re too focused on your assignment, who to block, what the quarterback said, or whether you’ll run the play correctly. Are you stepping or hitting the hole at full speed?

Quarterbacks deal with this even more, but it affects all players, even linebackers. Overthinking assignments and adjusting to the faster game speed from college to the pros is a real challenge. Once things start to feel easier and you rely more on instincts, it’s like the game slows down.

Let Me explain this in more layman's terms,

When most of us first learned how to drive, we were overthinking everything—remembering to use our turn signals, checking our mirrors, making sure our hands were in the right position, it was overwhelming.

Even basic tasks like backing into a spot or parallel parking felt stressful.

But once you become an experienced driver, all those things happen without you even thinking about them. You’re relaxed, maybe driving with one hand, instinctively checking your mirrors, and knowing exactly how to pull up and park.

In a way, driving feels slower once you gain more experience.

I can relate to that

I played high school ball, and it’s one thing when you’re going up against middle schoolers, but when HS showed up and we faced faster, bigger, stronger players with a whole new playbook, the game felt a lot quicker and hard to process. But each year it got better and better It got much easier and yet it felt slower.

I also STILL wakeboard, snowboard, and surf, and I’ve noticed I do better when I’m not overthinking. The more you get comfortable with a trick, the more it just comes naturally.

These are facts. So please, don’t sit behind a screen and tell a professional ballplayer that the game was never fast because they weren’t giving enough effort, that’s nonsense.

There’s plenty of evidence out there showing that in sports, when things become easier, they slow down, and that’s a fact.

Ok first, Coog and I are going to hand each other prizes. That’s just that way (yow) of the world (yow).

I was more or less making a joke. The game didn’t slow down at all, he just got better. I used an analogy about the sun. Is THAT not a fact?

Here am I thinking we are brand new BFF and you attack me. Unfair, and I still have another response from you to address. Maybe it’s some sort of an olive branch. I couldn’t know just yet.

 

[fivetwos]

One thing you do hear from guys is the fast the game is….

I understand that they say it that way. I get it. That’s what happens though. The game doesn’t change, they do.

 

[blueblood70]

One thing you do hear from guys is the fast the game is….

Yes, apparently Fire thinks he knows everything about sports, to me what he's telling me by his statement is he hasn't played any organized sports at any level.

So somehow behind his green he's trying to tell Blue how he's supposed to feel and act that statement's not true He's letting him know from his phone or PC where he's on right now, I find it rather ironic that he's questioning the effort and that's why it felt asked versus did it really feel bad and had trouble picking up audibles and the play calls and while he was supposed to do.. And now in these camps he when he hears these cues start to become instinctful,

he's not thinking at all.



We do know for a fact their statement for many people that the game is really fast each time you step up level whether it's going from elementary school or middle school and in high school and in college you learn a new book it's a new team it's a new environment everything keeps getting more quick athletes are better you used to be really good now you're playing guys that are way better than you going against guys that are better than you and yes sometimes takes time for things to become instinctful.

It is a real thing... But I'm glad the Internet experts are, here to remind blue they must be wrong.

 

[blueblood70]

Ok first, Coog and I are going to hand each other prizes. That’s just that way (yow) of the world (yow).

I was more or less making a joke. The game didn’t slow down at all, he just got better. I used an analogy about the sun. Is THAT not a fact?

Here am I thinking we are brand new BFF and you attack me. Unfair, and I still have another response from you to address. Maybe it’s some sort of an olive branch. I couldn’t know just yet.

I stand by what I said I say you're 100 percent wrong and you're in no position to be telling a gifted athlete what he feels and doesn't feel and that he's mistaking it for another feeling...

 

[fivetwos]

It's not correct, We don't need your analogies to understand what he meant, and he is absolutely 100 percent on point.

it's 100 percent inaccurate. Apparently, you haven't played many sports of any kind or done much in life that took skill that you need to learn, and things felt fast they felt stressful and out of control and over time they all got comfortable and easy and you're able to just be instinctual.

You literally do play faster when you just it's thankful going with natural talent not overthinking absolutely you are faster if things feel slower.

Whatever. Semantics. I’ve already addressed this.

I have NO idea why you feel the need to constantly be so confrontational over something so ridiculously meaningless.

Try some respect here and there, or just pass. Your guesses are no more right or wrong than mine.