“When you strive for perfection,” he said, “you’re bound to meet excellence along the way.”
Acing the interview
Last February, in a small meeting room in Indianapolis, Kupp met with Sean McVay and his Rams staff for an interview. The 15 minutes spent in that room can make or break how a team feels about a prospect. The Rams were scheduled to meet with several other wideouts that week, many of whom tested better during the Combine, but in Kupp’s case, they needed only one question to be convinced.
They asked Kupp to draw up his favorite third-down play at Eastern Washington. That’s when the lesson began.
“He didn’t just draw up the play,” receivers coach Eric Yarber recalls. “He was able to draw up the play, tell us what the line did with their blocking scheme, tell us the job of all five eligibles, and go through the quarterback’s reads. No other receiver at the Combine could come even close to that.”
Coaches and scouts in the room looked at each other, stunned. To Yarber, it almost seemed as if Kupp was there to coach them.
“We were just like, “Oh my goodness. This kid is magnificent,’” Yarber says.Waking up and enjoying the Seahawk highlights one more time
And, a couple of Kupp articles.
We have Woods back
Whitworth, Saffold, and Sully are well enough to start
Gurley playing in some stratosphere near Marshall Faulk
Special teams on a tear, and the defense playing at post season form, and #94 has joined the fray.
And then we come back to Cooper Kupp. From the start getting it done. From the start telling guys they are lined up wrong. From the start doing the dirty work of blocking. Just imagine this one down the line. Imagine when the other rookies in Reynolds, and Everett come back with an additional offseason of learning?
Looking forward to tomorrow