Colts rookie: NFL isn’t so tough
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This is the headline once you click the link from the home page. OK, easing away from the first statement a little already. It’s still referring to a first-year player for the Indianapolis Colts. But apparently that player said the NFL isn’t so tough. Like he’s been taking some hits and they’re not quite as bad as he thought. Like he’s met some veteran players and is slightly unimpressed.
The blurb conveniently leaves out the question that prompted this quote or the line or two that may have preceded it from Hart, so we don’t know the “it” he’s referring to. But we do know that “it” is related to “practice and those type of things.” This is sounding more and more different and benign.
OK, so an articulate, open first-year player in the NFL thinks that the approach of the Indianapolis Colts–his team, not any other team, not the NFL at large–to welcoming and training its young players and to practicing as a team is “not as tough,” “more laid-back,” and “not as bad” as he was expecting. He expresses respect for the veteran players on his team, and his tone shows a sense of humility about being a member of the National Football League.
