NFL Predictions Week 14: Chris Simms’ Weekly Projections

December 9, 2016   ·   Chris Simms   ·   Jump to comments

Mike Miello grew up around the block from coaching royalty. If you closed your eyes at halftime of a close game and listened to my high school head coach, his pep talks sounded vaguely like NFL Films cut-ups of his old neighbor, Vince Lombardi.
But my rah-rah speech intake hit its maximum at Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes, NJ. Professional football coaches don't wait until halftime of the big game to deliver their momentum-swinging rallying cries.
Instead, us players got one rah-rah speech, shattered into small fragments and delivered by positional coaches over the course of the preceding week. By Sunday, you were either motivated or you weren't.
That's the lesson I take into the last month of the regular season. Coaches and assistants like Mike Miello are only with you for so long. If your team is fortunate enough to still be in contention this time of year, motivation should not be an issue.
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