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stillers4me
05-16-2016, 05:47 AM
Tight end Jesse James is taking full advantage of the off season program.For the first eight games of his rookie season, tight end Jesse James (http://www.steelers.com/team/roster/jesse-james/e4413009-7466-4526-bb36-36e1196dfaba/) was a spectator, inactive week after week as the fifth-round draft pick became acclimated to the offense, learned the ropes and continually developed.

Many athletes might have let the frustration of not playing get to them, but not James. He just worked harder in practice, studied his playbook, and did everything he could to get to the point where the coaches saw he was ready to play.



“I could have played, but it wouldn’t have been the best performance,” said James. “Whenever you go out there during the regular season you’ve got to put your best stuff out. You can’t have areas of weakness that people can go after. It was good for me............

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GBMelBlount
05-16-2016, 05:58 PM
It sounds like he is a hard worker.

If James comes out guns blazing this year we could have a really nice 1 - 2 punch at TE and add another dimension to the offense.

With everyone healthy this could be an incredible offense.... :crossed:

hawaiiansteeler
05-28-2016, 04:27 PM
Mark Kaboly ‏@MarkKaboly_Trib May 27

You can tell the improvement from Jesse James as well. Predicting 5-7 TDs this year

https://twitter.com/MarkKaboly_Trib?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5E serp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor