DE Nick Bosa "Smaller Bear" NO POLITICS

Originally posted by mayo49:
If Dak plays like he has the last couple of games, he's not winning anything.

Performance means nothing. Verrett was playing at a pro bowl level while Alex Smith was a good story that generated clicks.

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by mayo49:
Nick is going to get the CBPOY award hands down.

Dak Prescotts names already engraved on the award

Yeah these awards are HEAVILY in favor of QBs. I wouldn't hate it if Bosa kept on wrecking havoc as we kept winning and got himself a DPOY award.

Yeah last year Alex Smith winning it over Jason Verrett goes to show they do not care about performance. It's about generating revenue and QBs are marketable.

I mean what Alex came back from is on another level. I thought he should've won it when he made the Washington roster, the fact that he was even able to play after that is crazy.

But yeah...I mean Ryan Tannehill won the award over Garoppolo so it's not even always about injury. But big names at QB absolutely get a leg up. Defensive players need to have a godly season to get it over a QB coming off a serious injury.

John Bosa, Nick's father, was on KNBR yesterday afternoon talking about how his son just attacked the rehab process to get himself as close as possible to ready to go from the outset of this year (he also talked about how his sons definitely take notice of each other's sacks ). Lynch was on KNBR today and said the following about Bosa's rehab (from the Webzone's front page):

"You talk about ACL recoveries and, typically, you talk about that first year [back], you're kind of just getting your feet underneath you," Lynch said. "And it's that next year, or late in the first year that you're back, that you'll really start playing [at a high level].

"Nick, I think it was like a mind over matter [mentality in] the way he took this thing on. I was talking to somebody yesterday and just talked about his resolve. I'll never forget when he [suffered the injury] at the New York Jets; he was crushed. We were all crushed. Man, he was down. I've never seen someone so emotional after an injury. He was really, really down because he loves the game.

"But then, we were on one of the East Coast wins, staying at The Greenbrier, and the next day, it had just shifted to 'I'm going to attack this thing like nobody's ever attacked it.'"

As reported after the injury, there was additional cartilage damage in Bosa's knee. That typically makes the road to recovery more challenging.

"He didn't just have an ACL," Lynch continued. "He had some other damage in there. That's always a question you ask because if it's just an ACL, guys usually recover — not seamlessly — but it's not that complicated. It just takes a lot of time. He had some other things in there, but his mindset, he attacked it. If they told him to do two rounds of something, he did four."

"His mindset, I think it's a great example of [attacking] something, no matter how big the challenge, and Bosa's done that," Lynch added. "And he's just playing incredible football right now."

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by mayo49:
If Dak plays like he has the last couple of games, he's not winning anything.

Performance means nothing. Verrett was playing at a pro bowl level while Alex Smith was a good story that generated clicks.

Alex Smith 100 percent deserved that award over any body in the league, and it wasn't even close.

Originally posted by LottDMontanaO:
John Bosa, Nick's father, was on KNBR yesterday afternoon talking about how his son just attacked the rehab process to get himself as close as possible to ready to go from the outset of this year (he also talked about how his sons definitely take notice of each other's sacks ). Lynch was on KNBR today and said the following about Bosa's rehab (from the Webzone's front page):

"You talk about ACL recoveries and, typically, you talk about that first year [back], you're kind of just getting your feet underneath you," Lynch said. "And it's that next year, or late in the first year that you're back, that you'll really start playing [at a high level].

"Nick, I think it was like a mind over matter [mentality in] the way he took this thing on. I was talking to somebody yesterday and just talked about his resolve. I'll never forget when he [suffered the injury] at the New York Jets; he was crushed. We were all crushed. Man, he was down. I've never seen someone so emotional after an injury. He was really, really down because he loves the game.

"But then, we were on one of the East Coast wins, staying at The Greenbrier, and the next day, it had just shifted to 'I'm going to attack this thing like nobody's ever attacked it.'"

As reported after the injury, there was additional cartilage damage in Bosa's knee. That typically makes the road to recovery more challenging.

"He didn't just have an ACL," Lynch continued. "He had some other damage in there. That's always a question you ask because if it's just an ACL, guys usually recover — not seamlessly — but it's not that complicated. It just takes a lot of time. He had some other things in there, but his mindset, he attacked it. If they told him to do two rounds of something, he did four."

"His mindset, I think it's a great example of [attacking] something, no matter how big the challenge, and Bosa's done that," Lynch added. "And he's just playing incredible football right now."

It just shows you, there is a mental component to injuries. It's not all just physical. I think ShanaLynch have to pay attention to the fact that certain kinds of people have a mindset that - almost like magic - wards against injuries, or makes them almost immune to serious injuries. Hopefully ShanaLynch scouts and evaluates those attributes in a much better way.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by LottDMontanaO:
John Bosa, Nick's father, was on KNBR yesterday afternoon talking about how his son just attacked the rehab process to get himself as close as possible to ready to go from the outset of this year (he also talked about how his sons definitely take notice of each other's sacks ). Lynch was on KNBR today and said the following about Bosa's rehab (from the Webzone's front page):

"You talk about ACL recoveries and, typically, you talk about that first year [back], you're kind of just getting your feet underneath you," Lynch said. "And it's that next year, or late in the first year that you're back, that you'll really start playing [at a high level].

"Nick, I think it was like a mind over matter [mentality in] the way he took this thing on. I was talking to somebody yesterday and just talked about his resolve. I'll never forget when he [suffered the injury] at the New York Jets; he was crushed. We were all crushed. Man, he was down. I've never seen someone so emotional after an injury. He was really, really down because he loves the game.

"But then, we were on one of the East Coast wins, staying at The Greenbrier, and the next day, it had just shifted to 'I'm going to attack this thing like nobody's ever attacked it.'"

As reported after the injury, there was additional cartilage damage in Bosa's knee. That typically makes the road to recovery more challenging.

"He didn't just have an ACL," Lynch continued. "He had some other damage in there. That's always a question you ask because if it's just an ACL, guys usually recover — not seamlessly — but it's not that complicated. It just takes a lot of time. He had some other things in there, but his mindset, he attacked it. If they told him to do two rounds of something, he did four."

"His mindset, I think it's a great example of [attacking] something, no matter how big the challenge, and Bosa's done that," Lynch added. "And he's just playing incredible football right now."

It just shows you, there is a mental component to injuries. It's not all just physical. I think ShanaLynch have to pay attention to the fact that certain kinds of people have a mindset that - almost like magic - wards against injuries, or makes them almost immune to serious injuries. Hopefully ShanaLynch scouts and evaluates those attributes in a much better way.

I said it at the time, Bosa recovering from the ACL injury in HS and coming back the way he did would be a big advantage for him in his recovery for this one. It's definitely part mental. Hope he only gets better here down the home stretch. I don't have a lot of hope for Dee Ford but we need our pass rush to step up outside of Nick.

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by LottDMontanaO:
John Bosa, Nick's father, was on KNBR yesterday afternoon talking about how his son just attacked the rehab process to get himself as close as possible to ready to go from the outset of this year (he also talked about how his sons definitely take notice of each other's sacks ). Lynch was on KNBR today and said the following about Bosa's rehab (from the Webzone's front page):

"You talk about ACL recoveries and, typically, you talk about that first year [back], you're kind of just getting your feet underneath you," Lynch said. "And it's that next year, or late in the first year that you're back, that you'll really start playing [at a high level].

"Nick, I think it was like a mind over matter [mentality in] the way he took this thing on. I was talking to somebody yesterday and just talked about his resolve. I'll never forget when he [suffered the injury] at the New York Jets; he was crushed. We were all crushed. Man, he was down. I've never seen someone so emotional after an injury. He was really, really down because he loves the game.

"But then, we were on one of the East Coast wins, staying at The Greenbrier, and the next day, it had just shifted to 'I'm going to attack this thing like nobody's ever attacked it.'"

As reported after the injury, there was additional cartilage damage in Bosa's knee. That typically makes the road to recovery more challenging.

"He didn't just have an ACL," Lynch continued. "He had some other damage in there. That's always a question you ask because if it's just an ACL, guys usually recover — not seamlessly — but it's not that complicated. It just takes a lot of time. He had some other things in there, but his mindset, he attacked it. If they told him to do two rounds of something, he did four."

"His mindset, I think it's a great example of [attacking] something, no matter how big the challenge, and Bosa's done that," Lynch added. "And he's just playing incredible football right now."

It just shows you, there is a mental component to injuries. It's not all just physical. I think ShanaLynch have to pay attention to the fact that certain kinds of people have a mindset that - almost like magic - wards against injuries, or makes them almost immune to serious injuries. Hopefully ShanaLynch scouts and evaluates those attributes in a much better way.

I said it at the time, Bosa recovering from the ACL injury in HS and coming back the way he did would be a big advantage for him in his recovery for this one. It's definitely part mental. Hope he only gets better here down the home stretch. I don't have a lot of hope for Dee Ford but we need our pass rush to step up outside of Nick.

Rice had the same mindset and attitude, same with Gore. There are certain guys that have that attitude, and it usually manifests itself as being workout warriors, but that's just the visible manifestation of a much deeper mindset and belief of who they are and it does (I think) make a Hall of Fame difference.

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Giedi:

Originally posted by LottDMontanaO:
John Bosa, Nick's father, was on KNBR yesterday afternoon talking about how his son just attacked the rehab process to get himself as close as possible to ready to go from the outset of this year (he also talked about how his sons definitely take notice of each other's sacks ). Lynch was on KNBR today and said the following about Bosa's rehab (from the Webzone's front page):

"You talk about ACL recoveries and, typically, you talk about that first year [back], you're kind of just getting your feet underneath you," Lynch said. "And it's that next year, or late in the first year that you're back, that you'll really start playing [at a high level].

"Nick, I think it was like a mind over matter [mentality in] the way he took this thing on. I was talking to somebody yesterday and just talked about his resolve. I'll never forget when he [suffered the injury] at the New York Jets; he was crushed. We were all crushed. Man, he was down. I've never seen someone so emotional after an injury. He was really, really down because he loves the game.

"But then, we were on one of the East Coast wins, staying at The Greenbrier, and the next day, it had just shifted to 'I'm going to attack this thing like nobody's ever attacked it.'"

As reported after the injury, there was additional cartilage damage in Bosa's knee. That typically makes the road to recovery more challenging.

"He didn't just have an ACL," Lynch continued. "He had some other damage in there. That's always a question you ask because if it's just an ACL, guys usually recover — not seamlessly — but it's not that complicated. It just takes a lot of time. He had some other things in there, but his mindset, he attacked it. If they told him to do two rounds of something, he did four."

"His mindset, I think it's a great example of [attacking] something, no matter how big the challenge, and Bosa's done that," Lynch added. "And he's just playing incredible football right now."

It just shows you, there is a mental component to injuries. It's not all just physical. I think ShanaLynch have to pay attention to the fact that certain kinds of people have a mindset that - almost like magic - wards against injuries, or makes them almost immune to serious injuries. Hopefully ShanaLynch scouts and evaluates those attributes in a much better way.

I said it at the time, Bosa recovering from the ACL injury in HS and coming back the way he did would be a big advantage for him in his recovery for this one. It's definitely part mental. Hope he only gets better here down the home stretch. I don't have a lot of hope for Dee Ford but we need our pass rush to step up outside of Nick.

Rice had the same mindset and attitude, same with Gore. There are certain guys that have that attitude, and it usually manifests itself as being workout warriors, but that's just the visible manifestation of a much deeper mindset and belief of who they are and it does (I think) make a Hall of Fame difference.

Originally posted by braap49er:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by mayo49:
If Dak plays like he has the last couple of games, he's not winning anything.

Performance means nothing. Verrett was playing at a pro bowl level while Alex Smith was a good story that generated clicks.

Alex Smith 100 percent deserved that award over any body in the league, and it wasn't even close.

Not if it was performance base which is the whole discussion

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by braap49er:

Originally posted by Hysterikal:

Originally posted by mayo49:
If Dak plays like he has the last couple of games, he's not winning anything.

Performance means nothing. Verrett was playing at a pro bowl level while Alex Smith was a good story that generated clicks.

Alex Smith 100 percent deserved that award over any body in the league, and it wasn't even close.

Not if it was performance base which is the whole discussion

Alex Smith and Dak aren't really similar cases anyways, because Dak didn't nearly lose his entire leg or life due to infection. Smith just had to take a single snap to win that award.

Barrows says he's down to 255. He played at 262 last year.

Am I the only one who thinks CPOY is kind of an overrated award?

This place was upset for like, two hours when Ryan Tannehill won CPOY over Jimmy and that was it.

I couldn't even tell you who won it before Tannehill did. Cases like Alex Smith and Michael Vick that you remember for a few years are the exception, not the norm.

I care more about Bosa getting a First-Team All-Pro than CPOY. Chad Pennington's two CPOY's doesn't do a thing for his resume other than telling us he actually had some decent seasons.

Originally posted by Fanaticofnfl:
Am I the only one who thinks CPOY is kind of an overrated award?

This place was upset for like, two hours when Ryan Tannehill won CPOY over Jimmy and that was it.

I couldn't even tell you who won it before Tannehill did. Cases like Alex Smith and Michael Vick that you remember for a few years are the exception, not the norm.

I care more about Bosa getting a First-Team All-Pro than CPOY. Chad Pennington's two CPOY's doesn't do a thing for his resume other than telling us he actually had some decent seasons.

I think that award is like an insult to a player of Bosa's calibre. By being nominated for that award the voters are saying they didn't expect him to be doing so good.

Originally posted by FL9er:
Barrows says he's down to 255. He played at 262 last year.

Damn! That's pretty light, but he's a peeled and jacked 255.

Originally posted by FL9er:
Barrows says he's down to 255. He played at 262 last year.

255 and he can hold his ground in the running game against 320-lb tackles

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