The transition to the NFL has been a little choppier than Darqueze Dennard had anticipated.
Physically, it's mostly been fine. The third-year Cincinnati Bengals cornerback has been able to keep up while making the leap from college to pro football. The difference in concepts and strategy have made sense to him, too.
But mentally, it's been a grind. It has been so much of a grind that Dennard has spent some of this offseason trying to clear his head and rediscover what made him such a valued defender in the first place.