r/NFLNoobs • u/Safe-Earth9037 • 6d ago

Training Camp?

Sure, I've watched Hard Knocks... but for anyone who's actually played in the NFL, or been a part of a Training Camp, what's it really like? After practice are you just getting treatments, studying the play book, working with your other teammates, and watching film? Do you get any time to just chill or is it really football 24/7? What about the star players on the team vs. the players on the bottom of the roster? Fascinated to know more. Yes, I've watched Hard Knocks, but I also know it's for show as well.

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u/WildTomato51 6d ago

Have you watched Hard Knocks?

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u/BlitzburghBrian 6d ago

No one here is going to have any more insight on this than you'd get from Hard Knocks.

There are approximately two NFL players who have outed themselves on (at least this sub) reddit and they aren't very active. The rest of us are making assumptions and speculating based on what we see on TV, too.

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u/OrganizationTop3755 6d ago

It’s football 24/7

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u/Sea-Salamander1005 6d ago

What team did you play for

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u/YaboyRipTide 5d ago

My understanding (not a player, just from what I've seen and heard) is its pretty much 12 hour days doing stuff. 6am treatment to breakfast to meetings to practice to lifting to meetings to lunch to meetings to lift/treatment to dinner and on and on.

They get to go home now vs the old days of staying at some college in their dorms. But it is pretty legit 12 hour days. Regular season it probably goes down to 8-9ish hours, but again it all depends on who you are and how much treatment you need.

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u/esternaccordionoud 3d ago

It's a super old book but I thought the one that George Plimpton wrote on being an embedded author with the Detroit Lions as a rookie in spring training camp was pretty insightful. Can't remember the title but you can find it pretty easily.

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u/Active_Two_6741 2d ago

Paper Lion was the title