The best of me

2022 - 5 - 20

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New Rams WR Allen Robinson amped to play for Sean McVay: 'I ... (NFL.com)

Set to play for the third franchise and fourth head coach of his career, WR Allen Robinson has joined the reigning Super Bowl-champion Los Angeles Rams and ...

After back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in which he averaged 100 catches, Robinson had only 38 receptions for 410 yards in 2021. Robinson, a one-time Pro Bowler previously with the Jacksonville Jaguars, was a key factor for an abundance of promise within the Chicago Bears franchise back in 2018. Those best of times lasted just one season, though, and Robinson and Mack are both consequently now in L.A. -- Robinson having signed a three-year deal with the Rams and Mack having been traded to the Chargers. It's his coaching style that truly allows players to play freely and then we just correct off of that. "He allows players to play. He corrects us and things like that, but it's his ability to allow players to play," Robinson said via USA Today's Cameron DaSilva. "Each and every day we go out there and as we're practicing and things like that, we're able to make corrections and make adjustments based on things that guys are doing right or doing wrong.

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Cyrus Christie: 'Fulham never saw the best of me – it's time to kick on' (The Athletic)

He has rediscovered his footballing confidence again in south Wales. The Republic of International, 29, spent the second half of the season on loan with Swansea ...

It is about providing the opportunities, the right lanes for them to get out and explore, and to see what what they can be.” That the only way to get out isn’t just by being a sports person, an athlete or a singer. It happened in the family section, there was a lot of family and friends from the team that saw it all very clearly. Christie joined Fulham in January 2018, and had to bide his time due to the form of Ryan Fredericks. After promotion, there were summer changes and the team was unsettled. It was frustrating as I knew all the details. A fan was given an indefinite ban by the club, while a man was summonsed to court in connection with the case in January 2020, but the charges were later dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). “I fully bought into it,” he says. Swansea went nine games unbeaten towards the end of the season and Christie says he can see what Martin is trying to build. There was a lot to deal with off the field too. “It was just finding happiness again,” he says. “The manager has a job to do. Christie says he “made sacrifices” to move, including on salary.

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