Down time dangerous for NFL players - Ross Tucker - SI.com

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Kickoff
Published 6/25/2008 by Matt at DGDB&D: a Texans blog.
... Idiot Proofing The Offseason.  As we’ve seen (Mario Wililams, Jacoby Jones), free time can be dangerous for young players with lots of money.  There’s only so much you can do about that through the winter and spring, but Smithiak have found a way to deal with it during the summer–shorten the amount of freetime by extending summer workouts. ...

Bengals penny-pitching could actually be a blessing
Published 6/25/2008 by Kirkendall at Cincy Jungle: Front Page Posts
... life. Spent nearly every day of two months at a local bar, drinking pretty heavily. The bar was within a 15 minute walk from my house, so I didn't have to worry about cars, DUIs, DWIs, or any of that. I still went to work (sober), did my job and no one was the wiser. My point is that I do not care what players or coaches do in their free time. Just don't affect team chemistry, your performances on the field and don't embarrass the city (aka, things that get you arrested). Otherwise, it's none of our business. ...

Texans Offseason Program Designed to Keep Players Out of Trouble
Published 6/26/2008 by Stephanie Stradley at FanHouse
... Ross Tucker, in a worth-reading SI.com story talks about the temptations that NFL players face in their downtime, and the ways that NFL teams are dealing with it. One way is to shorten the time between the offseason program and training camp: ...

DOES IT MATTER WHEN TEAMS HOLD THEIR OFFSEASON WORKOUTS?
Published 6/26/2008 by Josh Alper at ProFootballTalk.com
A couple of different football players, one active and one retired, are looking at the way teams schedule their OTAs and wondering if there isn’t good reason to change the current system. Writing for SI.com (via ...

Chris Cooley Thinks the NFL Offseason Schedule Makes No Sense
Published 6/27/2008 by Stephanie Stradley at FanHouse
... That seems to make a lot of sense to me but the SI.com article explained that teams are reluctant to do it because it's the only time coaches get much of a break. The coaches need to be around earlier in the season because of draft evaluations. ...