05-19-2015, 01:34 PM
(05-18-2015, 07:19 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: This kid continues to impress me more and more. He's taking the "Now or Never" mentality into the season, even though it's only his second year:
To me, that's just him saying that he knows that the team has the talent and he just wants them to have a sense of urgency to put it on the field so they can win as many rings as possible.
What spoke to me most about this article was how he then says that they need to get it done for the city, the team, Mike, and Marvin and the other coaches:
That speaks volumes to him wanting to get the job done for EVERYONE BUT HIMSELF and says that he's going to come in and just be one of the top backs in the league and carry this team to victory. I always say that we would have won the playoff game if he hadn't gotten hurt, and this makes me believe that we'll have a deep playoff run coming this season.
By saying all this, he's taking a leadership role and saying "let's go get it done," which he'll be a top 5 (if not top 3) back in the league this year, and I don't know too many other running backs, especially ones that young, that take on that kind of leadership role.
Sounds amazing that there were "character concerns" with this kid coming out of college and then he throws out comments like that!
The fact that he took the time to write 32 letters to each organization, shows the maturity that this kid truly has. Some organizations obviously did not take him seriously, but fortunately the Bengals did. I know running back careers are shortened due to the position, and I wonder if he is aware of this fact as well. He has taken a leadership role as you stated, and I am sure he is mentally speeding up the process of his role in this league and in this organization. Does all that make sense? LOL, I am typing all this at work and there is a lot of stuff going on around me. Sorry if it is in any way incoherent.
