Word: birk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...toughest part of that job has been acclimation to the physical and mental rigors of NFL preparation. Birk's newfound career requires the utmost attention to detail, regardless of experience. NFL rookies have a short honeymoon, and expectation levels run unusually high...
...long process, and it wasn't easy," Birk said. "Later on, it got easier and easier to deal with the everyday schedule. Sometimes you just have to dig inside and find the strength to get out of bed in the morning. Mentally, it's demanding, and coming from Harvard I knew I could do it. You just have to get comfortable...
Getting comfortable, however, has proven to be something that the Vikings veterans won't let Birk to do for very long. It turns out that the coaches aren't the only ones that are so demanding of the red-headed giant. Locker room hijinks of Birk's less-than-accommodating teammates have added a little spice to the monotonous workday...
...around and get all the guys' playbooks together so the coaches could install the game plan for the week. If there weren't enough seats at the meetings, we'd have to go and get chairs. Typical stuff. At least I don't have to carry luggage," Birk said...
...eluded the veterans' wrath, even one of Birk's more brash and publicized NFL classmates, Rookie of the Year Randy Moss. Moss' extremely confident demeanor has been the talk of the league as of late. The Moss media frenzy has taught Birk a thing or two about handling himself...