http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2014/01/aqib_talib_legarrette_blount_found_a_home_with_the_patriots_after_getting_dumped_by_tampa_bayair_are.html Last 5 paragraphs tell the story...
When Blount arrived in New England, he got an apartment across the hall from Talib. He vented, he asked questions. He allowed himself to be ground down, and finally relented to a piece of advice coaches had been telling him for years.At 6-feet and a thick 250 pounds, he would never succeed unless he lowered his pad level. His unusual speed and athleticism would be worthless if the target area for opponents was wider than some left tackles.While some of it was desperation — if Blount didn’t succeed in New England, would a third team have given him a chance? — Blount made sure to include the name of his instructor.He was nothing other than a Patriot now. And while it was easy to boast, especially after racking up single-game franchise records, Blount didn’t miss his chance to do so."I changed it because I had to, because Bill (Belichick) told me to," he said.
I forget what it was like to have coaches who could get the most out of players.
I forgot what it was like to have players who could be coached without it taking years.
True.Thank God for the guys we have now.
Which guys we have now?
More Good guys to root for.. LVD, McCoy, Mike James, Banks, Doug, Mase, and other guys like that. That's better than Raheem's band of knuckleheads.
McCoy was a Rah pick. You're almost clueless x)
He got 1 right in 3 years. Does he get a medal?
Don't know don't care. My point is that knucklehead thinks Schiano drafted McCoy.
Please explain to me how you figured that I think Schiano drafted McCoy?
When the Bucs picked McCoy, he was the obvious choice at that spot and any team in the NFL would have picked him at that spot in that draft. So who drafted him is a moot point.
