Massaquoi Travels Country To Work With Nfl's Best Wideouts
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I like seeing things like this.
For Mohamed Massaquoi, the lingering NFL lockout has afforded the Browns third-year wideout a chance to take a step back and learn from the game's best.
Massaquoi toured the country to meet with a who's who of receivers, including Chad Ochocinco, Hines Ward, Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson and Wes Welker, The Plain Dealer reported.
"I'm looking at this as a fresh start and I wanted to learn from the best," he said this weekend. "I wanted to be able to start from scratch and be able to use what they know to help me."
Massaquoi, who told the paper he picked up skills from every player he met with, called the NFL's receiving ranks "almost like a big fraternity," saying Ochocinco and Ward -- division rivals with the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers respectively -- were generous in their help.
"There's a reason that they're in the league as long as they are. You really can't fix what you don't know. You see how those guys go about their business, how they work, how they're running routes and how they're adjusting to certain things and it's completely different."
The Browns spent a second-round pick on Massaquoi in 2009. With 70 catches and five touchdowns after two seasons, he has yet to elevate a passing attack that ranked last in the league in 2009 and No. 29 in 2010.
Massaquoi's offseason homework comes as the Browns shift to the West Coast offense, a change the former Georgia star back wholeheartedly.
"I'm really excited about it," Massaquoi told the newspaper. "You wish you could've come into a more pass-happy offense from the start, but now that it's here, you embrace it and have fun."
Massaquoi is one of 40 players attending this week's Camp Colt IV, the team's full-squad workouts in Austin, Texas, under the direction of second-year quarterback Colt McCoy, according to the newspaper.
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Love to see him making this kind of effort. Also love seeing him pick up film study tips from the pros. It is (however) a bit (a lot) disconcerting that he never got that sort of stuff from our previous coaching staff. I am guessing his remarks will raise a few eyebrows with the current coaching staff...and that they will focus on proper film study as well.
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I think people just don't realize how hard it can be for young guys without some kind of help from older players. The short while that Robo and moMass played with Edwards didn't help because Edwards is a selfish dick. It's nice to see MoMass going out to get any kind of help he can get but we will see just how much it actually does by the time the season starts.
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