Marcus's Goals — This Season Into Next
A working sheet, not a wish list. Each goal has a way to tell if it's actually happening — a goal you can't measure is just a hope. (And for a lineman, "measure" means film and effort, not stats.)
Turn size into craft — win the trenches with technique, not just strength.
Why it matters: the size and toughness are already there; leverage and hands are what win up front.
- How we'll know: on film, he's winning his individual battles — driving defenders, protecting the quarterback.
- This week: stay low every rep; hands inside.
Win the leverage battle.
- How we'll know: smaller kids stop getting under his pads — he's the low man.
- This week: stay-low drive reps; pads under pads, bend the knees.
Land the hands inside.
- How we'll know: the holding penalties dry up and he stops getting shed.
- This week: punch-and-lock — inside, thumbs up, on time.
A faster get-off.
- How we'll know: he's initiating contact off the snap instead of catching it.
- This week: stance-and-get-off, firing on the count.
The one that isn't a skill
Finish every play to the whistle.
- How we'll know: on film, he's still driving his man when the ball's long gone.
- Nobody keeps a stat for this. But it's the identity of the position — and the thing that gets a lineman noticed.
Pick one target every time he trains or plays, put a number on it, and chase it. The goals don't move — the evidence stacks up. (And the evidence for a lineman lives on film, so watch it together.)
