Merrith
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I just think it undersells the amount of training/effort they put in to say they just are "going to the gym". If everyone did what they did at the gym, obesity wouldn't be the thing it is in this country. Not to mention the absolute high level of competition/skill they perform their actual jobs at...because they're such a tiny % of total people that would play sports for a living if they could, if they fall off they'll just get replaced.
I'm sure 99.99% would trade jobs immediately, they just would be laughably bad at it. Even if we just went by the level jobs are performed at by comparison, you know how many idiots are walking around that barely do real work X amount of hours a week, half-assing it constantly at their jobs? Even guys on the worst team in the league do it at a level 99.9% of the rest of the population couldn't touch. Sure there are some physical freaks, but none of those guys last in the league if they aren't putting in the work. Maybe back in the day but nowadays? There's just too many other good players that are putting in the work that freaks like that end up getting traded to teams for swaps of 7th round picks, then cut immediately...even a year after being a 1st round pick.
Josh Gordon kept getting chances because he put up 1,646 yards in a single season and there have only been 14 seasons better than that by WR's all time (and by only 10 other guys). He also missed 2 games that year...AND his QB's were Jason Campbell, Brandon Weeden, and Brian Hoyer (none of whom even completed 60% of their passes that season). On the 2013 Cleveland Browns. Btw I just looked all that up and that's fucking crazy thinking about it. Also if Josh Gordon is to be believed, he's only earned $5.5M over 7 seasons in the league. Not that $5.5M is chump change, but it's not even a mil a year. Almost a quarter of it was the signing bonus of his initial contract.
But yeah, I don't get the Tebow hate. Their TE depth is literal trash so why not try him out? All people have to do is look at Logan Thomas for us last year to see how guys are making successful transitions to that position. Maybe it's just the fact he's been out of the league so long.
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