Notes From Training Camp 2025

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(Yesterday, 09:02 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I wonder how mad he was at Pritcher for saying he could have brought his ass to practice and watched some tape or rehabbed.

He didn’t say that at all.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(11 hours ago)pally Wrote: He didn’t say that at all.

Yeah, he kinda did. More tactfully. He said that being injured and unable to practice is frustrating, but that is only part of the job. And that he could still do other parts of the job. 

He strongly implied he should have been there, regardless of injury status. 

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(11 hours ago)pally Wrote: He didn’t say that at all.

OK, he said, Burton was in the trainer's room getting treatment. That cleared it up. 

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(10 hours ago)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Yeah, he kinda did. More tactfully. He said that being injured and unable to practice is frustrating, but that is only part of the job. And that he could still do other parts of the job. 

He strongly implied he should have been there, regardless of injury status. 

Yeah, he said he doesn't know when he'll be back and then indicated it could be today, a day they are not on the field.

Fandom is a funny thing sometimes. 

[NUGDUKWE]

(10 hours ago)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Yeah, he kinda did. More tactfully. He said that being injured and unable to practice is frustrating, but that is only part of the job. And that he could still do other parts of the job. 

He strongly implied he should have been there, regardless of injury status. 

I rewatched the clip. He said being on the field was only part of his job but didnt say he wasn't doing that part.

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Pitcher talked about the need for Burton to stay focused and engaged even when not practicing or injured. He talked about consistency. He didn’t say he wasn’t doing those things. I took it more as part of the continuing conversations you know they are having with him. Jermaine…don’t check out because you have a minor setback. I didn’t take it as a scolding because he wasn’t doing them

If Jermaine was supposed to be on the field and wasn’t, Pitcher would not have been nearly as polite

[SunsetBengal]

(1 hour ago)pally Wrote: Pitcher talked about the need for Burton to stay focused and engaged even when not practicing or injured.  He talked about consistency.  He didn’t say he wasn’t doing those things.  I took it more as part of the continuing conversations you know they are having with him.  Jermaine…don’t check out because you have a minor setback.  I didn’t take it as a scolding because he wasn’t doing them

If Jermaine was supposed to be on the field and wasn’t, Pitcher would not have been nearly as polite

IDK, kinda sounds like he's saying that the team is frustrated with Burton without actually saying those words. I mean, why else even mention intangibles like staying focused and engaged if it truly is a minor physical injury that is being graded as "day to day"?

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(1 hour ago)SunsetBengal Wrote: IDK, kinda sounds like he's saying that the team is frustrated with Burton without actually saying those words. I mean, why else even mention intangibles like staying focused and engaged if it truly is a minor physical injury that is being graded as "day to day"?

Well, we’re going to find out more today at practice, is he practicing or rehabbing? If practicing, where is he on the depth chart? If he is in the doghouse, he won’t be in with the ones and twos

[Sled21]

I think a lot of coaches are just more and more frustrated with younger players who don't think they can play through pain or an injury. Even with Mims, they said he has to learn that he can play through the pain.

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(1 hour ago)Sled21 Wrote: I think a lot of coaches are just more and more frustrated with younger players who don't think they can play through pain or an injury. Even with Mims, they said he has to learn that he can play through the pain.

I agree that may be part of it

[SunsetBengal]

(1 hour ago)Sled21 Wrote: I think a lot of coaches are just more and more frustrated with younger players who don't think they can play through pain or an injury. Even with Mims, they said he has to learn that he can play through the pain.

Coaches and trainers used to ask "Are you hurt, or are you injured?". I get that we are in a different era these days, but the title of being a Football Player still comes with the understanding of a degree of grit and toughness above the norm.