Steelers: NFL sensation drops all-time quote from Mike Tomlin
One of the league's hottest topics right now is current Minnesota Vikings QB Josh Dobbs. While it has been a long and winding road for the veteran QB, he started his professional career in the Steel City. And through it all, he remembered a key lesson that Mike Tomlin taught him early on: Another Tomlinism […]
One of the league's hottest topics right now is current Minnesota Vikings QB Josh Dobbs.
While it has been a long and winding road for the veteran QB, he started his professional career in the Steel City.
And through it all, he remembered a key lesson that Mike Tomlin taught him early on:
Another Tomlinism
Coach T is known for his phrasing that developed the idiom Tomlinisms. These often quick, yet witty words aren't just for show though. They have been developed to break through the armor that is coach speak and reach deeper into the minds of his players.
No phrase embodies that better than the Tomlinism, "Don't blink, or I'll cut your eyelids off."
Used to gather the attention of his defenses before they take the field for a crucial stop, Tomlin is telling his players they better be fully attentive and ready to pounce.
But the Dobbs quote is different. You see, the former Tennessee Volunteer has had anything but a steady career at this point. First drafted by Pittsburgh, before joining the Jaguars and then Pittsburgh again, followed by stiints in Cleveland, Detroit, Tennessee, Arizona, and now Minnesota, the man nicknamed the Passtronaut, has stayed in the league thanks to his excellent fundamentals, dual-threat ability, and intelligence.
A literal rocket scientist, Dobbs has a degree in aeronautical engineering. Surely that has been a catalyst in his ability to start on a whim in this league, with his most recent victory spitting in the face of everything that football preparation stands for:
And through it all, Dobbs could have complained, could have pointed to excuses, and could have lost last week's game with no one blinking an eye.
Instead, he played the hand that was dealt and reminded everyone of how special both a person and football player he is.
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