NFL Offseason: Why the Value of NFL OTAs is Immensely Overinflated

June 6, 2012   ·   David Levin   ·   Jump to comments

If this were the NBA, we might be hearing Allen Iverson complaining about this just being about "practice."
But this is the NFL and while there is some discussion that the Organized Team Activities are overrated by veteran players who at times find ways to "avoid" these types of activities, there are those who still attend and complain anyway. 
Such is the nature of the NFL and the sports world. 
The best example I can use is players like Fred Taylor. When he was the starter in Jacksonville, Taylor would practice and prepare in South Florida before coming to Jacksonville to join his teammates for the season. His replacement, Maurice Jones-Drew, has been doing the same thing but staying in California to train and prepare for the upcoming season. 
Does it hurt players like a Jones-Drew or a Michael Strahan, who in his final years in New York with the Giants would stay away from offseason workouts because of various reasons, but always seemed to be ready...

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