September 18, 2016 03:44AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 4,479
Status: HOF Inductee
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Many of the players were great players yes but there were common elements that led to the common theme that I believe to be true.
The players did seem well prepared. They did all seem to be fundamentally sound. And there was improvement in the players.
3 QBs out of the scrap pile all turned into very good performers and all played a similar way and had similar strengths.
WRs all ran the good routes It is hard to believe that Issac Bruce Martz's WR coach had a resurrection in his career under Martz. I understand the health issues and get that argument, but then you see Tory Holt develop in a very similar player as Issac Bruce. Both great overachievers (Not the biggest guys or fastest guys, no great wing span or jumping ability) but great technicians of their craft. Az Hakim and Proehl both were sound fundamentally.
And lastly, so many of them played significantly better with Martz then they did without Martz or their careers were kick started at the time he started work with them.
Whether it be some player that barely made the roster like Kurt Warner or Mike Furrey where Warner turned out to be a MVP and Furrey turned out to be a NFC leader in receptions.
Or Marshall Faulk who was a very good player but went from a 4.0 yard per carry 10 touchdown guy to a 5.5 ypc 20 touchdown guy.
Same thing happened with Matt Forte with the Bears where he improved his yards per carry by a significant margin.
There are so many elements that it is difficult to be explained away as coincidence. Just blind luck that all these players strengths were in the same areas and they just happened to be that way and they all just seemed to take off to another level just by chance at a moment that Martz started to coach them.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2016 03:57AM by Rams_81.
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