hawker84":3e72zb6u said:
While I put no stock in this post, I do think the mental aspect of his game is severely lacking, and is holding him back from his full potential. Said it before it's time for an intervention, by someone like a Largent or Jerry Rice any old vets who can get him back on track. He will find himself in Dez's shoes if he stays on this path. Just my 2 cents.
I'm not sure why you think that DK might respond to old vet like Largent or Rice. He just got through disrespecting a Hall of Fame receiver in Shannon Sharpe. Metcalf seems to me to be one of those folks that is going to have to learn life's lessons the hard way. On a much smaller scale, I was somewhat like that when I was his age, learning only from my mistakes rather than by the advice of other, more wiser individuals.
Since you mentioned Largent, I remember seeing Lester Hayes, one of the biggest trash talkers of his era, being interviewed and spoke about trying to get inside Largent's head. Hayes said that Largent was so unaware of his very corrosive harassment that he actually wondered if he were deaf, and that the only time that he could tell that Largent could hear the taunts was when he'd just been burned by him on a 60 yard pass reception and after Hayes tackled him, Largent was laughing at him.