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I understand you don't need to be a chess champion to be a successful offensive lineman (but it doesn't hurt, does it, Thuney?).
But stepping back, and listening to interviews, I just don't think the guy is very bright. That's not to say he can't be a phenomenal athlete. In this case, however, I wonder if he's having trouble with the learning curve, and the application of what he's learning from week to week.
Things like remembering assignments, remembering the techniques of the guys he's facing, etc... that requires some level of intelligence and learning ability.
If he had months to prep for our first/second games, but then started to stall as that timeline shrunk between the following weeks... I wonder if that's the "why."
Perhaps that is something that can course correct as he grows. Right now everything is new. The fundamentals that stay the same will become ingrained, and will allow him to focus on the intake of new info.
I'm totally speculating, but I wonder if the game is just too big for him right now given his limited capacity to learn, retain, and apply the volume of new information in a short window of time each week.
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