05-28-2018, 09:06 PM
(05-28-2018, 07:31 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: One piece of advice I would have for him is make the grab, move the chains, but don't absorb the hits for an extra yard. Preserve yourself for the entire season.
I don't know if it is like this for everyone, but when I played football it was mostly instinctual. There were so many thing I did naturally without even thinking about. When I was playing with an injury it was hard for me to protect it because I was just reacting and doing things too fast to think about changing something to protect an injury.
Maybe by the time these guys get to the NFL level they are able to think more about what they are doing, but I remember playing with an injured shoulder. It hurt like hell to tackle with it, but I would drive in with that shoulder before I could even think about trying to protect it.
Once you step on the field and flip that switch it is hard to change the way you have always played because so much of it is based on instinct instead of thought. At least it was with me.
