There are many ways to be great in football, but the easiest way is to know what you’re doing. There is a certain physical ability threshold that players have to meet, but there’s also the craft, and natural talent will only take you so far in the NFL.
That’s something Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith said that he had to realize over time. Not every great player is some physical specimen and superior athlete, as is often the perception, because they know what they’re doing and how to do it.
“I heard a saying one time, ‘a six-pack doesn’t get you a sack’”, he said while hanging out with Aditi Kinkhabwala last night on 93.