A great deal of it is mental, the ability to learn within the game, to perform at a high level - often with injury - and to weather the ups and downs of an emotional game through a 16-game season. Also, there is the willingness to prepare in the offseason, the film room, to learn the scheme and execute without a lot of repetition - that's football character.
Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the comp… - Brendan Daly
Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the comp…
- Brendan Daly
Once you've proved to [the players] that you can help them become better players, you've earned their respect. They respect if you've achieved at a h… - Brendan Daly
Once you've proved to [the players] that you can help them become better players, you've earned their respect. They respect if you've achieved at a h…
When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level. - Brendan Daly
When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level.
I learned through apprenticeship. I was an assistant to a defensive coach, and I'm still learning. - Brendan Daly
I learned through apprenticeship. I was an assistant to a defensive coach, and I'm still learning.
After several years in the league, when a player becomes a vested veteran in the NFL, they play under a different set of rules. For instance, if you … - Brendan Daly
After several years in the league, when a player becomes a vested veteran in the NFL, they play under a different set of rules. For instance, if you …
Jobs are hard to come by, so players are extremely motivated to do whatever it takes to keep their job. - Brendan Daly
Jobs are hard to come by, so players are extremely motivated to do whatever it takes to keep their job.
I didn't play in the NFL, and I didn't play defensive line. But football, at the fundamental level, is football. It's about motivating people and get… - Brendan Daly
I didn't play in the NFL, and I didn't play defensive line. But football, at the fundamental level, is football. It's about motivating people and get…
More often than not, you find players seeing something that they can help another player with or reinforce something the coaches are seeing. Veterans… - Brendan Daly
More often than not, you find players seeing something that they can help another player with or reinforce something the coaches are seeing. Veterans…
There is a great amount of precision within each individual's technique and role in the play. When you put 22 of them out there, it can look chaotic … - Brendan Daly
There is a great amount of precision within each individual's technique and role in the play. When you put 22 of them out there, it can look chaotic …
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