I understand the take but respectfully disagree. He mentions that on the psquad there’s no pressure to perform at practice. Although, it is not performing on sundays, it’s understood that everyday the front office is looking for a reason to replace you.
There’s pressure to keep your job every single day, whether you’re on psquad or active roster. Respect to everyone and anyone on that 90 man.
Tom Brady reveals the overlooked reason practice squad players never succeed in the NFL
It’s not a lack of talent.
Brady watched it happen for 20 years. The pattern was undeniable.
As soon as a practice squad player got promoted and had to perform under real pressure, they crumbled. It took years for Brady to understand why.
“There’s 53 guys on the active roster and there’s now 15 guys on the practice squad. So there’s 68 players. But those practice squad players are important because if anybody on the active roster gets hurt, they can get elevated to the squad.”
“These scout team receivers would come in and practice with the scout team and they do really well. And I’d be watching. I’m like, ‘Man, we got to get that guy. Let’s get him up on offense. He’s making a lot of plays.’”
“Then all of a sudden, we’re like, ‘Hey man, you’re doing really well. You got to come over here and deal with the pressure of succeeding now that you have expectation.’”
“And these guys are like, they weren’t prepared for it. So whatever we saw in practice against where there was not a lot of pressure, now when they’re put in a situation where there’s an expectation for performance, they’ve never had to personally deal with that and then they fail.”
“And then what I realized was a lot of guys on those practice squads, they don’t want to be elevated to the roster.”
“They’re very happy living this life where they could tell their family and friends, which I have no problem with that. But the reality is a lot of guys don’t want the pressure of dealing with top.”
Twenty years in the league and seven Super Bowl rings later, Brady learned that talent wasn’t the hardest thing to find.
It was people who actually wanted the pressure that comes with being great.
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@masonq33@memento_mori519 I’ve sat in Special teams meetings right next to Herbo, and plenty other franchise guys, so again nobody is tooooo good for teams but 1000% are people who are way too valuable to be used in ST!
@memento_mori519 There’s an exception when you can throw a dot fading away off one leg 60 yards. I’d say there are a few dudes who are tooooo valuable to play teams lol
@YoungFocusBA@Cardschatter Andre Baccellia. Dude is the glue. Close with EVERYONE and been in az a long time. You’re new to az? hit up Dre. You need food spots? hit up Dre. You need a barber? Hit up Dre. You need anything? Dre is the guy.
Let’s see what the people think..
“Locker room guys” - every NFL team has them, not the best players on the team but great for vibes / team chemistry
How many “locker room guys” do you think are equivalent to one NFL starter ?