Playbook Woes: WR Chad Ochocinco stands losing more than Miami Dolphins – NFL News
Wide receiver, Chad Ochocinco, the Miami Dolphins’ new signee, has admitted he had problems with learning the playbook rules during his one-year stint with the New England Patriots, and, as recently pointed out by Miami’s coach, Joe Philbin,
the player faces a similar situation here with them.
On closing of the team’s three-day mandatory minicamp last week, Joe said the player had missed seven out of nine installation sessions, indicating he might face the same difficulties in learning offence at Dolphins.
This is the fact disclosed by The Boston Globe columnist, Greg Bedard, who has cited some anonymous sources claiming that the player had admitted facing difficulties to become fully versed with Patriots’ offence at the time of his signing
with Dolphins.
He said:
"The guy did all but admit that it was a struggle for him mentally, the playbook, all that stuff. He didn’t deny that it was a problem for him, learning it up there."
It is nothing new for a player to lag behind in learning the playbook but Chad’s case is different to many other players who are through the similar sort of difficulty.
While Chad remains to be among the most active and colourful players who have the unique ability of drawing attention of crowd anytime anywhere, learning the rulebook is not their cup of tea.
This is the reason that the talk of slow learning has not sent a wave of concerns for the player himself and he is calm about the situation as ever before.
Also, it might not be a matter of grave worry for the team. The team has the total control as far as the payout to the player is concerned.
First, he is not as expensive as some other WRs in the market. He is being committed $925,000 over the span of a year, provided he is able to make it to the 53-man roster of the team.
Without playing a game in the regular season, the WR is not eligible to any money. Although he has been promised another $1.075 million through incentives, it will be down to performance of the player.
Altogether, if Dolphins pay the WR $2 million over the next year, he is still cheaper than many other receivers in the market, according to an argument by some commentators.
So keeping himself abreast with learning the offence and rules of the playbooks is more to the player’s benefit than to the team.
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