Draft is what it is for Riders
One of the interesting things about writing about football is that ultimately a lot comes down to chance.
Last month I was fortunate enough to sit through the CFL Combine in Regina as part of the CFL Week and saw first hand the invited players and how well they performed the various drills. It was interesting to try then to project those results into on-field performance.
It’s not as easy as you might think. Some players do well in the drills, but when it comes to the one on one drills or game day, they might not do as well because maybe they have gotten this far on intelligence and perhaps lifting weights, but and to be a successful pro, you need not just talent, but hard work.
That’s sort of the reverse thing with players who show well on the field, but find it hard to perform well in drills or practice. In those cases those players perform well when the lights come on, but fair to realize their full potential because they can’t seem to do the mental work to know the playbook and fully understand and use all the weapons available in the playbook. Football in Canada is 12 people working together as one and if one person is free-lancing and doing their own thing, then the unit on the field is not going to work to its fullest potential.