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**Professor** · 07-17-2006, 11:30 PM

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In a quiet period when most of the NFL is focused on squeezing all it can out of the offseason, McNair has been cramming for a pretty big test, one that will last four months and is packed with pressure and expectations at every turn.

Playbooks for NFL teams can be 300 to 500 pages long. McNair, who was traded to the Ravens last month, has been taking his everywhere he goes. It's early still, but coaches say they like what they've seen thus far from their new quarterback.

McNair was in town last week. The trip was geared around finding a place to live, but he still stopped by the team's offices all three days in town. He met with offensive coordinator Jim Fassel, and the two continued their dissection of the playbook. McNair asked questions; Fassel gave answers.

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J-Unit · 07-18-2006, 12:10 AM

300-500 page...that is a lot of pages.

**Professor** · 07-18-2006, 12:19 AM

you got to assume that most of it mcnair can see like he reads offenses and defenses, being an nfl player his eyes are trained to read plays and such from a playbook, I am sure that it is a matter of getting the terminology down.

J-Unit · 07-18-2006, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by professorellisdtrails

you got to assume that most of it mcnair can see like he reads offenses and defenses, being an nfl player his eyes are trained to read plays and such from a playbook, I am sure that it is a matter of getting the terminology down.

You got a great point there. But regardless he still needs to know the plays and where the ball needs to be, but you are right he understands it very well.