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Originally Posted by jjchieffan
First of all, as I already stated, I don't know much about weight training, so I'm not trying to argue with you. But one thing that I would like to hear your input on is that much strength training during a rookie season and it's effect on him as the season wears on. Year after year, we see rookies start off looking great and then tail off as they hit the "rookie wall" because they are not accustomed to a 16 game schedule. Wouldn't adding all of that strength training to him on top of everything else make him hit that wall that much sooner and any strength gained be negated due to fatigue?
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Parker is a very smart kid so you won't over tax his brain because he truly gets it and why he is already starting. Therefore that won't fatigue him whatsoever IMO. When playing in the trenches as a lineman whether offense or defense and
you are starting as a rookie, strength is not an option for the next offseason.]It is a MUST NOW !! All the great intellect and technique doesn't mean manure if you are getting tossed around like a rag doll. Like I said Parker is smart and a great technician but his weaknesses are strength,agility and quickness getting into space which can be improved. Look at what events he avoided at the combine. Bench press,3 cone drill and 20 yd shuttle. Why? Especially when he ran the 40.
Every rookie coming in has their specific challenges whether it's physical,mental,emotional or all three. Tailing off could be any one of the 3 or all 3. Who knows? Only the coaches do at that point if they tail off what seems to be their specific issue/issues and then they deal with it. First off most coming into the NFL most rookies although told ahead of time don't realize just how mentally taxing the game can be and will be played from not only a very physical perspective but even more so from an intellectual perspective on every snap with all the reads and audibles on both sides of the ball and the right adjustments that must be made in a split fraction of a second. Quite frankly this will be easy for Parker because usually it is the intellectually taxing volume and techniques that take time for most and why to your point the tail off occurs but Parker is already there on those aspects. if Parker is committed to improving his strength which I think he will be you will be seeing less of him being thrown around as the season progresses and by December he will hold his own. Will he reach his full weight training ceiling by Dec.? Probably not but he will have made big advances to the point of not being anybody's rag doll anymore. If all he has to do is just improve his strength,quickness and agility this will be easy for him because it is usually the large volume of info that fatigues most players and why you see them tail off.