ET TU BLOCKING SLED? DeSean Jackson suffered a separated shoulder Thursday when he accidentally ran into a blocking sled in the back of the end zone during one-on-ones at Washington training camp. Silly injuries happen all the time in practice, of course. They aren’t always preceded by examples of hubris from a textbook on ancient Greek tragedy, however:
Pride comes before the fall and other lessons learned from a blocking sled
Who knew DeSean Jackson would be getting an impromptu lesson in Greek tragedy during training camp?
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"I don't feel no one could stop me," Jackson told the media on Monday, "You could go get Darrelle Revis, Richard Sherman, whoever you want to get."
Jackson will miss a few weeks but should be in good shape for the season. The emotional scarring could take some time to heal, however.
Other lessons learned from a blocking sled:
- Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
- Life is immutable, nothing we do is of consequence, we are all just punching sleds until we die
- Blocking
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