In football, there’s an adage that to get good, you have to practice good versus good.
“How can we get wide receivers to work on their releases and get 10,000 reps or how can I work on striking or how can I work on footwork? Whatever the case may be, the beauty of the NFL is that they’re 90 guys that are all different,” continued Schlegel.
His preaching took a hit when immediate backlash came for his hiring of Chris Doyle as director of sports performance.
With a new staff working on gaining the trust of the 90 young men under them, trying to prove Doyle was an anomaly and not the standard was of the utmost importance.
Head Coach Urban Meyer recently publicly and privately challenged Pro-Bowl wide receiver DJ Chark, telling him upfront he didn’t play “big” enough last season.
It was him and Terry and then all the other wide receivers started coming in and they just started having competition in the weight room.
Now as players break for summer and create game plans for a return—and the kickoff to a new era—it’s up to Anthony Schlegel and his staff to shape the 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars.
“There’s still more that a lot of guys have to do, and the cool thing is we have five weeks, and we all know what it is, so guess what? Let’s get to work,” stated Schlegel.