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"What Could Have Been" file: LT disappointment in Jets camp


Apparently LT is looking old and broken down to some observers of Jets camp.  Not really a vikings concern now, but given that he was a source of such speculation here a couple months back, I know there are some that will be curious.

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.... Even without pads or contact, it didn't take a grizzled NFL scout to notice in the Jets' recent workouts that Tomlinson just doesn't look like the same player who terrified opposing defenses with his slippery moves and sublime hands for nine seasons with the Chargers.

Tomlinson appears bulkier and definitely a step (or three) slower than he did in his prime, which is to be expected from a running back who next week turns 31 -- increasingly the point of no return in the NFL -- with his incredible amount of mileage.


.... "If you watch the films from the end of last year, the guy had nothing left," a general manager with multiple Super Bowl rings said last week. "It's not a knock on him personally. All those carries are going to catch up to anyone."

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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