In the NFL, incoming rookies face a gantlet of a transition. Players head straight from their final college season into offseason workouts in preparation for the NFL draft. Those who are selected move quickly into minicamps and OTAs, then training camp, the preseason and finally the regular season.
But don’t worry about Pittsburgh Steelers rookie offensive tackle Broderick Jones. Asked about the grind of his first year in the NFL, Jones played it off. Jones had already said earlier in the offseason that his old college coach Kirby Smart is more intense than Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.
