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If there's a weight clause in his contract, it will be interesting (and not in a good way) to see what happens.
 
Also, if the extra muscle prevented a broken tibia (as Poliquin asserts), I'd like to know how Boston nearly broke a tibia in non-contact minicamp drills.
 
Speaking of injuries.........

There should be an Eddie Moore sighting on the field tomorrow.
 
Muck said:
Also, if the extra muscle prevented a broken tibia (as Poliquin asserts), I'd like to know how Boston nearly broke a tibia in non-contact minicamp drills.
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Yeah, could it be because he has toothpick legs that have to carry his Hulk Hogan upper body?..hmm
 
ZOD said:
Speaking of injuries.........

There should be an Eddie Moore sighting on the field tomorrow.
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I hope he can make it past the 1st pre-season game this time. If not, we might have another Yatil Green on our hands.
 
I read the whole thing and forgive me for saying this, but Boston's trainer is full of crap. He critcizes a system he isn't involved in. He is a bodybuilder and trainer, not a football scout. Teams use forty times to gage explosiveness at the start of a play, to get a gage on how fast a player is overall. They use the bench press reps as a starting off point to see how strong an players upper body is. Granted, it isn't exactly the same as pushing a defender out of the way, but it is a nice jumping off point when grading a player's strengths and weaknesses. The reason they have mini camps and training camps and practices is to enhance those other skills that he is so worried about. Get this idiot away from our other players and see what you can do about keeping him from Boston as well.
 
I say let the man play and see how it pans out.

If he's injury prone we lose nothing. If he's a bust out player we struck gold. Now, i understand it might be more healthy to him long term to lose weight, but who gives a crap? Either he works for us (at his current weigth) and we have him locked up for the next few years cheap, or he flops and we cut him. If he's hurt, its' his own ***. If he proves he can get out there and burn DB's consistenly and catch balls let him keep his extra 10 lbs. If he breaks brittle ankles it's his own ***, not ours.

I understand where people are coming from but it may come down to this....

1. Hold him to his 230 weight limit and have him bithc and moan, and be counter productive

or...

2. Let him play and hope risk injuring himself

I pick 2 anyday. The guys a baller, i want him to drop to 230 but it just might not happen.
 
Samphin said:
I read the whole thing and forgive me for saying this, but Boston's trainer is full of crap. He critcizes a system he isn't involved in. He is a bodybuilder and trainer, not a football scout. Teams use forty times to gage explosiveness at the start of a play, to get a gage on how fast a player is overall. They use the bench press reps as a starting off point to see how strong an players upper body is. Granted, it isn't exactly the same as pushing a defender out of the way, but it is a nice jumping off point when grading a player's strengths and weaknesses. The reason they have mini camps and training camps and practices is to enhance those other skills that he is so worried about. Get this idiot away from our other players and see what you can do about keeping him from Boston as well.
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That idiot is a bright man with a long Resume that stands. That idiot has a masters in Science. That man has coached champions. Its his personal opinion, he never stated things should be done his way. What are physical attributes if you're a player and you have the mind of a peanut.
 
juniorseau55 said:
That idiot is a bright man with a long Resume that stands. That idiot has a masters in Science. That man has coached champions. Its his personal opinion, he never stated things should be done his way. What are physical attributes if you're a player and you have the mind of a peanut.
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He is also undermining the training methods of professionals that are paid rather well to train FOOTBALL players, not body builders, to be in the best possible condition to PLAY FOOTBALL. He is adding fuel to D. Bostons attitude problems and may actually end up being a big reason Boston's career ends up in flames. From reading this you could even be lead to believe that David Boston's "attitude problems" may not have even been his fault if this trainer of his has been convincing him that NFL trainers are bafoons. If Boston refuses to listen to NFL coaches and trainers, while his performance continues to fall as in past seasons arguably because of his body building practices, his trainer will be to blame.

That's a rather egotistical thing for his trainer to do IMO.
 
Phinzone said:
I say let the man play and see how it pans out.

If he's injury prone we lose nothing. If he's a bust out player we struck gold. Now, i understand it might be more healthy to him long term to lose weight, but who gives a crap? Either he works for us (at his current weigth) and we have him locked up for the next few years cheap, or he flops and we cut him. If he's hurt, its' his own ***. If he proves he can get out there and burn DB's consistenly and catch balls let him keep his extra 10 lbs. If he breaks brittle ankles it's his own ***, not ours.

I understand where people are coming from but it may come down to this....

1. Hold him to his 230 weight limit and have him bithc and moan, and be counter productive

or...

2. Let him play and hope risk injuring himself

I pick 2 anyday. The guys a baller, i want him to drop to 230 but it just might not happen.
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I'm not following this mindset here.
If our LT Wade Smith comes to camp proclaiming that his private trainer decided he'd be better off playing at a weight of 260 lbs would that be OK too?

NFL trainers are specialists in training players to be the best football players they can be. You pick up a player, pay him millions to play football then you expect him to do everything he can to be in the best football shape he can be in for his position. Letting a player do something potentially detrimental to his career and your team is not a smart thing to do.....
 
D. Boston gets paid by the NFL to listen to their trainers, and do as THEY recommend.

Poliquin IS well respected in his field, but he isn't employed by the Dolphins.
 
I could have sworn when the Boston deal first broke that the article referred to some sort of weight clause. Anybody know about this?
 
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