Friday, January 21, 2005

Any College Wrestling Fans?

Here's a good article on Patriots offensive lineman Stephen Neal.

After an amazing college wrestling career, Neal wanted to try the NFL despite having no experience. Kind of like how Shaq got his wonderful acting career started.

Anyway, here's an excerpt:

Belichick initially tried him on defense, a decision he called stupid, before switching him to the offensive line. That spurred Neal's long climb to his current job.

"When I tell you he didn't know where the field was, he didn't know where the field was," Belichick said. "He didn't know how to put his pads on. He didn't know where to line up. He didn't even know where to go in the huddle. When I say starting from scratch, we're starting from below scratch."

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