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Great article!Cliff wrote:http://www.dailynorseman.com/2013/4/30/ ... riff-floyd
Vikings Horrified To Discover Sharrif Floyd Really Does Have Short Arms
On what’s most impressive about Floyd’s humility and ambition after all he endured growing up …
“It was like he was forced to raise himself. In the inner-city. The odds just aren’t in your favor. To be where he is today? There’s a special quality there for him to be able to take care of himself, make good decisions, wind up with the right people around. That still resonates with me. Because there are so many stories that go the other way. Sad stories. … He has an amazing quality. And myself and the staff have talked about it. A lot of times when people come up the way Sharrif did, they tend to veer off and drift in a different direction. But those who don’t, a lot of times they’re the ones who end up achieving great things. The ones who end up staying on that right path. He seems to be that type of person. He did stay away from certain things. You wonder how he was able to. But he’s the one who can achieve potential greatness because he’s seen a lot of things but made some good choices along the way.”
“There’s a difference between wanting to get better and getting better,” Floyd says. “Don’t talk about it. Show it.
And after one turbo-fueled blast past an offensive tackle, Floyd turned back and shouted at his overmatched foe, “You’re going to need a GPS system to track me today!”
Without the context of Floyd’s back story, it’s easy to understand why so many outsiders ask him about his stress on draft night, an April evening that began with most experts pegging him as a top-five lock and a candidate to go No. 1. But then came a surprising slide out of the top 10, through the teens and down to No. 23.
Sharrif insists that freefall never ate him up, that his predominant NFL goals were never going to be accelerated or impeded by his draft position.
Those around him agree they felt the draft-night frustration far more.
Garrett, for example, plowed through eight bottles of water and a jar of M & M’s, his irritation elevating as phones rang and applause erupted at so many other tables across the green room.
It was only at night’s end that Garrett realized Floyd had yet another setback to convert into fuel.
“It was, ‘All right. We’re used to this. Everything has to be done the hard way.’ ”
A few days later, after finally returning to Philadelphia, Floyd headed straight to Garrett’s weight room, quickly unleashing all his pent-up energy.
“It was like a hurricane went through there,” Garrett says.
“I have no plans on being a guy who just comes in and passes through,” he says. “I want my name to be known. Longer than three years. Longer that six years. Hopefully 10, 12 years.”
Just read this piece, now I'm really behind Sharrif. Great story.dead_poet wrote:A good (if not harrowing) read on Floyd.
Vikings first-round pick Floyd has survival instinct
With sheer resolve, Vikings No. 1 draft choice Sharrif Floyd has steered clear of trouble to make it to the NFL.
Great article. All the T-Rex pictures in the comments were really good too.Cliff wrote:http://www.dailynorseman.com/2013/4/30/ ... riff-floyd
Vikings Horrified To Discover Sharrif Floyd Really Does Have Short Arms
It's official! @sharriffloyd is a Viking. pic.twitter.com/wvDxJsgEwe
@chipscoggins: Leslie Frazier said Sharrif Floyd had minor procedure to ease pain in knee. Expects him to be ready for season.