(S3) - Weekend PT #3 - NFL Aspirations

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It should be no surprise to anyone that Darren Smallwood is not the sharpest knife in the crayon box. It also should be no surprise that his tenure on the Sabercats last season turned some heads. This caught the attention of the New York Jets, with Quincy Enunwa on Injured Reserved, the Jets were looking to bolster their wide receiver corps. What no one told Smallwood was that the NSFL route trees are much more free form compared to the NFL. The tryout lasted a total of three hours, here’s how it went. Hour one was Smallwood showing off his blazing speed, high agility and other great measurable statistics, that went stupendously. Hour two was a lot of one on one challenges where he goes against a cornerback, makes turns and then breaks away. Three cornerbacks were taken to the burn ward. It was quite something. Hour three, the defining moment where Smallwood would achieve NFL greatness went as follows, he was given a play book, with a slew of routes: in, outs, deeps, and button hooks, all of which were parts of packages. He couldn’t keep track of what play is what. When he and a fellow tryout had both cross routes, Smallwood took a few too few steps and in three seconds both had collided and were on their backs. It kept going like that for the remainder. Smallwood was not asked for a fourth hour.

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