Terrance Knighton told to lay off the pot roast if he wants to get paid
by Adam Stites on Jan 3, 2012 12:29 PM EST
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One of the biggest stories of the 2011 Jaguars training camp and preseason was the conditioning of defensive tackle Terrance Knighton. After the lockout that spanned through the spring and summer, Knighton showed up to camp in late July way out of shape and was told by Jack Del Rio that he wouldn't be allowed until he reached a playing weight.
Two weeks later Knighton finally joined the team for practices after missing the first preseason game for the Jaguars against the Patriots.
His struggles with his weight has made the Jaguars wary about paying the defensive tackle. If a player has work ethic issues and struggles to motivate themselves to stay in shape it is generally not going to be helped by giving that player a contract and less incentive to stay in shape.
That's why GM Gene Smith has reportedly challenged Knighton to prove he can take care of himself this offseason.
A series of tweets from Tania Ganguli of the Florida Times-Union revealed the challenge issued to Knighton this offseason.
#Jaguars DT Terrance Knighton said GM Gene Smith told him if he takes care of his weight, he'll get a payday that'll set his family for life
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) January 3, 2012
On the other hand, Knighton was told if he doesn't, he'll just be another guy going year to year with little security. #Jaguars
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) January 3, 2012
Knighton said this offseason is the most important of his career to show the team he can take care of himself while he's away. #Jaguars
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) January 3, 2012
Regardless whether Knighton succeeds in his pursuit the story of his conditioning will likely be one that follows him throughout his career. There's certainly no assurance that if Knighton keeps his weight down this offseason with a new contract on the line that he'll do so in future offseasons with the contract already in hand.
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I believe he will step up in this and future seasons
He is no Haynesworth. Pot Roast is a team player.
Collins, Douzable and Mosely better step up their offseason programs as well
Great opportunity for them to cash in as well. I have no doubt Knighton can do it, money is a hell of a motivator as is Drew Rosenhaus.
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This can be easily fixed
There’s certainly no assurance that if Knighton keeps his weight down this offseason with a new contract on the line that he’ll do so in future offseasons with the contract already in hand.
Team sets the limit for his weight say at 336, and for every pound over that he gets fine of 10k $.
"it's good to know the truth and speak tha truth, it's even better to know the truth and speak about palm trees"
depends if CBA will allow such a fine
That being said, we don’t need a guy coming in with his ass on his shoulders over being “disrespected” and with Rosenhaus as his agent, believe me, Pot Roast will be getting national exposure next year. Count on it.
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Then you don't fine him
you pay him less and give him a bonus for keeping his weight down.
One word - Rosenhaus
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by Joe Fisher on Jan 3, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Why ?
It’s no different than a work out bonus or reporting bonus. Sure, if he agreed to a vet minimum salary and a HUGE bonus that would be foolish for him to sign. But including a bonus of some sorts for maintaining his weight is no different than any other performance based incentive.
not sure how the whole agent thing works
But I imagine they only get a percentage of the base salary, not any bonuses or incentives met. So, if this was the case, how would it benefit the agent for him to agree to it?
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I think Knighton will be in good shape, no pun intended, with an off-season condtioning program
I’m hoping he takes the coveted “biggest weight loss” trophy from Monroe this year.
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speaking of Monroe
He needs to do the inverse and eat several helpings of pot roast a day. He played much better this year once he regained some weight.
he played better when Rackley started getting his sea legs
I think Rackley is going to make a huge leap forward in 2012.
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So many fans
have trouble seeing the team part of this sport. Last year we had terrible safety play and everyone wanted to cut Rashean Mathis. This year we had sub par play from that G position and some were saying Monroe was a bust.
+1
Most fans just regurgitate what they hear, or have little football knowledge. I have had people tell me Alualu sucks because he does not get many sacks.
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yeah well if you look, Alualu was often double teamed most of the year; kinda hard to get sacks when you’ve got two guys blocking you at the same time
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he was injured most of the year
Fans want him to be Suh.
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Suh only had 1.5 sacks more than Alualu this year
so he must be pretty close :)
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can't look entirely at sacks
Suh was immensely better at that phase from what I could tell. Suh pushes the depth of the pocket back and makes it way tougher for QBs to step up… but he should, he’s rushing over A gap most of the time. Alualu is a three technique 2-way go kind of rusher and he wasn’t nearly as effective pass rushing this year compared to his first.
Suh also gets trapped like crazy
Big reason why the Lions gave up the 2nd most 40+ runs.
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Suh was not that good this year
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Fans want him to be better than he was this year
Hopefully, if his knee gets taken care of in the offseason he will be.
Jaguars fan from day 1
Alualu is solid
Both he and Pot Roast chewed up double teams this year. A trend I noticed was the neither of the two were single blocked much… and both did a pretty good job soaking the double teams without giving up much ground or letting the double team get to the LB level. This was consistent all year AFAICT except for the Atlanta game (which was an aberration all around for our D).
The thing that lacked this year, which he had last far, was explosiveness in rushing the passer… and a lot of that was due to the PCL injury. Having had that same injury myself before, I don’t find it surprising he is lacking some get off right now until it is corrected.
Hes a tackle in a 4-3, go buy football for dummies
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b gap and containment
A least this is how i was coached. Pass plays I was taught to push back guard or center to collapse pocket forcing QB out to Ends. Its been 30 years since I played though so I apologize if I’m out dated.
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Why didn't GM Gene
tell Thomas to work on his routes and run faster before he got paid?
I like this
This is smart, and I think he’ll get a paid very high next season, I’m assuming what we did with Thomas with a midseason resign well do with knighton
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by rhettchrystal on Jan 3, 2012 2:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
At first glance I read this as: "Terrance Knighton told to lay off the pot"
I was quite taken aback…until I read the rest of the headline.
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Both these guys are beasts and they stuff people most of the time ……They are young and are only gonna get better ……In 2012 they will dominate even more sonny !!!!
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by Daddycrapper on Jan 3, 2012 3:48 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Sonny?
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by Joe Fisher on Jan 3, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Weight is always an issue for guys his size
The lockout did nothing but make it worse, I think he will come back strong next year.
by Sylvester.The.Jaguar.fan on Jan 3, 2012 3:51 PM EST reply actions
Love Pot Roast
He does need to keep his weight in check. He’ll be able to play longer, and more importantly it is beneficial for his health and well being.
Pot Roast can do it
We know he likes to eat….well pot roast but if he stays in shape what if he played even better? Im sure Gene Smith will watch him play a handful of games and then give him a new contract. Same with Derek Cox, Im not sure Cox is that motivated to be in the NFL that long. His demeanor seems like he doesnt care even though he is really good.
Are you serious?
Im not sure Cox is that motivated to be in the NFL that long. His demeanor seems like he doesnt care even though he is really good.
Thats… wow. It seems like a lot of guys on this site lately are just pulling things out of thin air.
by Sylvester.The.Jaguar.fan on Jan 3, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
where do you get your psychological diagnosis?
credentials?
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I thought Alualu played solid this year.
Nothing outstanding though. Hopefully he knee problem will be fixed and his improvemeent will continue.
The pick isn’t going to be sexy. I’m betting the guys the fans really want bad will be off the board at 7.
by Catfanatic1979v1 on Jan 3, 2012 6:16 PM EST reply actions
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