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Peyton told NBC Sports’ Peter King he is relaying a story of how Eli led the Giants through the 2011 NFL lockout, when contact between players and coaches was prohibited during the tense Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. The Giants finished 9-7 that season but won the NFC East and then beat the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots to finish as Super Bowl 46 champions. Peyton and Eli recently were on a Zoom call for a friend who works in investment banking and someone asked, “How would you handle this situation as a quarterback?” “Eli talked about organizing their own workouts and taking some ownership,” Peyton said. “Eli got practice scripts, like blitz walk-through drawings, diagrams, he got practice jerseys, he organized workouts at a high school. He was kind of the head coach/coordinator and they were doing full routes and doing 7-on-7 and blitzes at practice. He was really thorough.” |
“My message was to the quarterbacks. ‘Hey, organize your own Zoom meetings without the coaches, just get you and the tight ends, you and the receivers.’ It’s actually an opportunity to even have better communication. Because there’s nothing else to do, right? Hey, every Tuesday, 9 a.m., quarterbacks and the offensive line, Zoom, watching film. Instead of complaining about it, see it as an opportunity to really improve. There’s no reason you shouldn’t have every play from last year studied down to the T.”
Drawing a blank on that
The pros I think is tougher since you have to rely on so many other factors attracting talent. If he had great talent though....he would get the most out of it. He is just a brilliant mind. Rex and BB both have talked about how hard he was to prepare for.
The pros I think is tougher since you have to rely on so many other factors attracting talent. If he had great talent though....he would get the most out of it. He is just a brilliant mind. Rex and BB both have talked about how hard he was to prepare for.
Could be. I’m just leery of great players becoming great HCs, given their expectations. I thought Ted Williams made a terrific Mgr, Larry Bird a terrific HC for example. Outliers though. Imho
Nothing. He rarely put the work in.
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Surely he wasn't limited to being agog over what Eli was doing with his players.
Nothing. He rarely put the work in.
Must be nice...
That was the offseason he got neck surgery and was focusing on getting his arm strength back in private workouts.
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Surely he wasn't limited to being agog over what Eli was doing with his players.
That was the offseason he got neck surgery and was focusing on getting his arm strength back in private workouts.
That’s right. That was his neck period.