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From the article to which that blog links:

When Worthy played with high energy and passion, he was a one-man wrecking crew. University of Wisconsin fans probably remember Worthy burying Montee Ball for a 4-yard loss and the Spartans notching a safety one play later when the teams met in October.

Worthy did sometimes have something extra. As a spartan he did a great job of picking the right moments, like the Wisconsin example. I've got no problem with that.

Does every WR run every pattern flat out? No, but when they show the ability to kick it in they are considered a "big play" guy. For some reason for worthy the focus has become his "off" plays. Perhaps because his "on" plays are so dominant?

Apparently the morons in the comments section equate, "I don't go all out every play" to "I don't go all out every play because I'm a big pussy and I don't like being tired".

The point was that you have to save a little for the 4th quarter.

He's a 300+ pound man do people expect guys his size to be able to dominate every play of every game? absolutely not, any talk of him being lazy is greatly exaggerated.

They do.

I feel the player rankings are very similar to the college (Rivals) rankings. If you dont get rated (by paying) by the right person you dont get the hype.

Before the the draft I listened to a segment on the radio where they had a on guy who tests and rates players. He never really answered any question but kept saying, "I cannot go into that too much teams pay a lot of money for that information".

I know, that was hysterical. They kept praising his "potential."

Just because it's true doesn't make it a smart thing to say. He really should've just left it at, "I plan on proving everyone wrong by going all-out for the Packers on every play."

Worthy is a measured player. I think that's a good thing. He knows what he has to do when he has to do it. Defensive tackle is a brutal position. Cracking pads with other behemoths and taking on double teams all game long. If he attempted to go balls out on every play he'd render more useless as the game goes on. Even when he isn't making the flashy play he's still occupying space and closing holes. But then he knows when to turn it on and burst through the line.

Everybody takes plays off? I see your taking plays off and raise you murder.

For as many times as he jumped the snap count and was in the QB's face before he could look up, he was bound to be offsides every now again. I didn't mind it due to the amount of positive plays he created.

I love Mgotard's reaction to this:

"A lot of DT's take a play off now and then. The Mike Martin's of the world are very hard to find."