12-29-2021, 03:07 AM
(12-29-2021, 12:01 AM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Says reality.
"That task is even harder given the roadblocks to their development. Rookies have no access to coaches, film or the very training facilities that they will call home for the next few years. Most don't even have playbooks, unless they were lucky enough to be first-round picks. Those players were able to get playbooks when they visited their teams on the second day of the draft, the only period when the lockout was temporarily lifted following an injunction granted to players by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson on April 25."
https://www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=chadiha_jeffri&id=6615041
I provide a picture sourced from the NFL that shows and says that Andy Dalton had access to a playbook in June and you think that vague statement about "most players" sourced from ESPN establishes an alternate reality where he didn't? What are you people, on dope?
Ok, if the NFL isn't a reliable source like ESPN, how about Cincy Jungle?
"Sometimes it's hard to remember that not so long ago, after Andy Dalton was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals, the temporary injunction to lift the NFL lockout was back in place. From that point until about a week ago, Bengals coaches were not allowed contact with the rookie quarterback. Though he did have a playbook and though he worked out with skill players during player-only workouts earlier this month and last, there was an obvious disadvantage for rookies during the lockout."
https://www.cincyjungle.com/2011/7/31/2306705/jay-gruden-on-rookie-quarterback-andy-dalton-he-ran-the-show