Let's start by stating some facts here. Flinching is an involuntary reaction to an instantaneous and unexpected threat of harm. Therefore, it knows not size, safety, or circumstance. We neither will nor should treat the fact that all the Jets' wide receiver did was prove he has the inherently human ability to detect immediate danger as the main takeaway here, but it is important to note that competition only makes a select few athletes into robotic lunatics that aren't programmed to have fearful instincts... All that being said, this is just a terrible, terrible look for a guy who was already getting zero respect from the team he underwhelmed for last season. That visual of a fully-padded player that stood 6 inches taller and 20 pounds heavier than the entirely unprotected ex-teammate that was verbally setting fire to the fiber of his being getting head-faked halfway into a Tony Hawk trick after having a ball he had both hands on battled from his grasp. That visual is one that can only be recovered from by way of physical confrontation. It's not so much the flinch that I'm critical of, as almost everyone of us would have done the same if we were in his much bigger shoes, but his refusal to tie those big boy shoes back on after having his feet shook straight out of them that leaves me thinking a little bit less less of Terrelle Pryor. Just take into account the tone that has been set by the Jets and Redskins joint practices...
...and it's almost impossible not to question the personal pride of the towering presence who turtled then tucked his tail in the face of someone who was reminding the entirety of two organizations of his past failures. I'm not the hyper-masculine type to think that every war of words needs to be hashed out with haymakers, but you can't simply walk away sheepishly after getting both bodied and emasculated like that while playing a sport in which the ability to intimidate is such a huge asset. Especially after having your own claim that your former team can't guard you made to look laughable...
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