Raphael Delacour is a harsh self-critic. He admits as much. But his performances this season appear to genuinely trouble him in a way that they seldom have in the past.
"We're only just over halfway through the season and I've already had more drops than I did all through last year," he explains. "so I'm really digging deep to try and see what else I could be doing for the team, you know?"
Delacour's numbers this season aren't even that bad. He still ranks in the top thirty receivers in the league for total receiving yards, but this is not enough for the Maryland native.
"We've had a rough start to the season and now we have to fight back from a disadvantage, so all of the captains are trying to rally the team in whatever way we can," says Delacour, named as one of the Yeti captains this season for the first time in his career; not even in college was he an offensive captain. "I've tried to increase my speed, I'm doing extra drills, studying tape, whatever I can do. Last season was fantastic and we were unlucky not to go deeper in the playoffs, so we were really hoping to build on that this time around. To be sitting at 4-5 at this stage in the season is tough to swallow."
He mentions increasing his speed, but what about elusiveness?
"That's the next thing," he tells us. "I'm working with a guy they call the foot doctor to see if I can be a bit more agile, get my feet right. Make it harder to follow me maybe."
"We're only just over halfway through the season and I've already had more drops than I did all through last year," he explains. "so I'm really digging deep to try and see what else I could be doing for the team, you know?"
Delacour's numbers this season aren't even that bad. He still ranks in the top thirty receivers in the league for total receiving yards, but this is not enough for the Maryland native.
"We've had a rough start to the season and now we have to fight back from a disadvantage, so all of the captains are trying to rally the team in whatever way we can," says Delacour, named as one of the Yeti captains this season for the first time in his career; not even in college was he an offensive captain. "I've tried to increase my speed, I'm doing extra drills, studying tape, whatever I can do. Last season was fantastic and we were unlucky not to go deeper in the playoffs, so we were really hoping to build on that this time around. To be sitting at 4-5 at this stage in the season is tough to swallow."
He mentions increasing his speed, but what about elusiveness?
"That's the next thing," he tells us. "I'm working with a guy they call the foot doctor to see if I can be a bit more agile, get my feet right. Make it harder to follow me maybe."
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