What happened in the offseason was that Dick Wizardry decided he was getting too old for this shit. After a middling RB career turned above average Dline stint on a team that was still moving in the right direction, the Dickster decided to make the coming year his last. He quietly informed his GMs about it well ahead of time, like you do, and he prepared to work his final season. He began working with the scout teams and coaching staff in order to better prep himself for life after his playing career. Dietary changes, exercise routines that would be wildly different, and no one hitting him constantly.
And then he got a phone call and changed all that and decided people would be hitting him constantly. In his new line of work. But that would come at the end of the season. For now, he was focused on trying to be the best player he could and leading his unit by example and by his knowledge. All the while Dick was also not so quietly soaking up all the wisdom and knowledge from the coaches as he was told there would be a spot on the coaching staff for him once his playing days were over (even with the future secondary career on the horizon).
Also he fucked Cooter Bigsby's mom.
And then he got a phone call and changed all that and decided people would be hitting him constantly. In his new line of work. But that would come at the end of the season. For now, he was focused on trying to be the best player he could and leading his unit by example and by his knowledge. All the while Dick was also not so quietly soaking up all the wisdom and knowledge from the coaches as he was told there would be a spot on the coaching staff for him once his playing days were over (even with the future secondary career on the horizon).
Also he fucked Cooter Bigsby's mom.