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...jump from the Ivy League wasn't that big," Crone said last week. "The biggest difference was in the size of the lineman. There are a lot of guys on the Harvard team and around the Ivy League who have the potential to make the pros, but it is a disadvantage because football isn't stressed 12 months a year there...
...myth about the NFL training camps that Crone says was quickly dispelled is that of conditioning. Before training camp started in July he lifted weights and ran to get ready, but he now says that most of the work was unnecessary. "Hell, all quarterbacks in the NFL have to do is drop back and throw, nobody worries about what shape they...
Aside from using Crone at quarterback, the Cardinals, who are weak in several key positions, tried Crone at the safety and running back slots. "I didn't mind safety, but I told them I didn't want to be a running back--they've got no longevity in pro ball," he said...
...coaching staff of the Cardinals spent a lot more time yelling and screaming and a lot less time working with the players than Crone expected, but he says part of that was due to the current state of affairs on the Cardinals' team...
Nevertheless, Crone was surprised and disappointed when he was cut. He says that he would rather have been cut in the beginning when there was still time to negotiate with other NFL teams in need of a quarterback before they, too, had to cut down...