HEARTBREAKING: #NFL coaches and GMs LAUGHED when Darren Sproles measured just 5-foot-6 & 170 pounds at the combine.
Sproles called his dad: “They laughed at me”
His dad replied: “You know what to do”
Sproles proceeded to become one of the greatest ever.
Lamar Jackson says he watched friends chase fast money while he was playing the long game and counting how many years it would take him to reach the NFL
“I’m seeing my friends who I was growing up with who I was playing football with… Just throw their life away for fast money and stuff like that. They used to tell me ‘Oh, you talk too much’. Because I used to always speak about football and positivity stuff. They didn’t want to hear that.”
“Now it’s like… They’d rather hear it now because I’m Lamar Jackson. But I’ve been speaking about it. Everybody just wasn’t listening. I was already seeing what was going on. I wish we could go back in time and y’all could see what I was seeing. Because I always looked at life like, I counted years.”
“Like I would think… ‘How many years does it take to get to the league?’ They’re saying… ‘You do three years in college.’ I said… ‘I’m doing three years.’ I’m not doing four. I’m not trying to go fifth year. I’m doing three years because I’m going to make sure my family is good.”
“If you’re coming from a place like where I come from, don’t try to be like the guys around you. Don’t look up to the stuff that looks like it’s fun… Because sometimes it gets you in trouble.”
“It’s sacrificing. ‘Man, I can’t have fun right now. I’ve got to get my family right. I can’t do this right now. I can’t mess up.’ Forget the fast money. I’ve got to think about longevity.”
“You can get locked up and do five years for $1,000. That money gone. It’s gone. You’re like… ‘Man, I just did that for $1,000…’ And I could have waited five years and I would’ve had $10 million.”
“That’s why I’m where I’m at right now. That’s how I used to think. My mom working… She’s busting her behind. It’s me, my brother and my two sisters at home. I’m the oldest…”
“So I’ve got to make sure everybody right. And it’s like… Man, I can’t wait, but I’ve got to wait. That’s the sacrifice. I’ve got to be patient. People don’t look at it like that. It’s like… ‘Man, I need that money right now.’ But you don’t need that money right now. Just wait.”
Liam Coen says he made $16,000 with no benefits as an NFL assistant in 2010
"When I got into the profession, 2010, 16,000, no bennies you're the grunt. You're doing video. So you learn, do you love this or not"
"My dad left being a D3 college head coach. I mean, he was making like 15 grand doing it. He was it was a part-time gig, but he was the head coach of a division three college, and he left there to come coach me in high school"
"We took a team that was, I think, four and five the year before. We went 12-0, won the state championship, and never I mean, I'm talking about maybe once or twice like did we bring it really home"
"Demanding, not demeaning. And all my teammates, all my high school teammates were always at my house"
Matt LaFleur says rookie fifth-rounder Jager Burton is going to make their decision on who starts at left guard “extremely difficult.” Likes how Burton has been playing while Aaron Banks is hurt.
“Louisville is a LEGITIMATE playoff contender hiding in plain sight.”
@GregMcElroy has NO DOUBT that @LouisvilleFB is one of the TOP teams in the ACC headed into 2026 📈
#GoCards
"The first coaches poll came out - where is Louisville?
Nine or more wins three straight years. Manageable schedule, especially late. Elite caoch.
The Cards are the most UNDERAPPRECIATED team in the sport headed into the year."
- Via @Aaron_Torres
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It was great seeing Coach Marv Levy at the @nsccshow in Chicago. Tomorrow he celebrates an incredible 101st birthday! Wishing a very happy birthday to a wonderful man.
Kirby Smart: “No NFL GM or Head Coach has asked how much playing time someone got as a freshman. You want to be the best player you can in year three…”
Jalen Carter was a role player his first 2 years at Georgia & just became the highest paid DL in NFL history.