What did Dante King do during his final offseason before retiring from professional football? The same thing he does every offseason - work his ass off in the gym and on the field to make sure he's in the best shape possible when the season rolls around. While some may say that veteran players deserve a break from the hard-hitting action to rest their bodies, Dante sees this as an especially critical time to be ready to perform to his fullest potential. His natural skills are starting to become less reliable as he loses speed, agility, strength, and endurance so he must make up for that with pure dedication to performance. This means that he runs multiple gym sessions a day to ensure that his cardio and strength training doesn't falter and brings together other Hawks players at non-team facilities to play pickup football games and run training drills. Only time will tell if this yields dividends for Dante's final season.
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