Can anyone else feel it?

Marlboro Man · 05-11-2011, 08:51 PM

Personally, I think we're selling Ivory a lil short. First, this kid was on the PS, just trying to stay with the team and just starting to get his body into NFL shape and working on his endurance.

As the year went on, you could see him starting to feel a part of the team, yet because of hitting the wall with his conditioning and strength training he got hurt a little too much. Some say he was always hurt in college etc. as to why no one outside of the coaching staff wants to trust that he will get himself in shape and take care of his body the way he needs to in order to sustain himself through a 16 game season.

Ivory is still in the learning phase of his development on this team and I think we need to just relax a little bit with injury prone tags we put on these kids. Ivory will get comfortable with his blitz pickups and with the screen passes and hot routes etc. more this year and I think he has more raw talent than any back on the team. He's got the size, power, moves, toughness, and speed to really be something else. Look at what he did with limited carries and games last year. You can't get hurt every year unless you're Reggie but it's got to equal out soon, and when it does this kid is gonna be lightning in a bottle.

05-11-2011, 08:51 PM	#9
Marlboro Man 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,469	Personally, I think we're selling Ivory a lil short. First, this kid was on the PS, just trying to stay with the team and just starting to get his body into NFL shape and working on his endurance. As the year went on, you could see him starting to feel a part of the team, yet because of hitting the wall with his conditioning and strength training he got hurt a little too much. Some say he was always hurt in college etc. as to why no one outside of the coaching staff wants to trust that he will get himself in shape and take care of his body the way he needs to in order to sustain himself through a 16 game season. Ivory is still in the learning phase of his development on this team and I think we need to just relax a little bit with injury prone tags we put on these kids. Ivory will get comfortable with his blitz pickups and with the screen passes and hot routes etc. more this year and I think he has more raw talent than any back on the team. He's got the size, power, moves, toughness, and speed to really be something else. Look at what he did with limited carries and games last year. You can't get hurt every year unless you're Reggie but it's got to equal out soon, and when it does this kid is gonna be lightning in a bottle. strato likes this.