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Click HereWithout playbooks, rookies will suffer in lockoutFour reasons why playbooks lead to development
Matt Bowen | National Football Post
3/24/11
...No contracts, no bonus checks, no official contact with their new coaching staff after the draft and, as commissioner Roger Goodell pointed out this week, no playbooks.
A rookie without a playbook? That’s bad news no matter how we try to spin it. Let’s look at four reasons why rookies can be expected to fall even farther behind if the lockout extends past the draft and into the summer.
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1. Lining up to play: Sounds too simple, right? It may be for veteran players, but for rookies you have to start somewhere...
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2. Terminology: Something I really struggled with as a rookie in St. Louis. I remember opening up that playbook in my hotel room the night before my first mini-camp practice and being absolutely floored at the amount of “new” terminology I had to learn...
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3. Audibles, checks: Important phases of any offense or defense. ...These checks and audibles are crucial. I had to re-teach myself these in Gregg Williams defense every offseason in Washington—and I knew the playbook.
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4. The depth of the playbook: An NFL playbook is thick. A lot of pages to flip through before you burn yourself out trying to remember formations and coverage aspects.
FULL STORYThat was CNS's main concern with underclassman leaving early. They are already behind the power curve in terms of experience and he stressed the importance of proving themselves throughout the camps and pre-season in hope of making an impression to make the team.
Without the ability to have those opportunities to display their talent, their opportunities to make the team are only that much more difficult.
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