In hindsight, having an offseason devoted more to healing than preparing might be the best thing to happen to Sammy Watkins.
The slower pace forced by his recovery from February surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip, the most serious of multiple injuries he suffered as a rookie, allowed him to put greater focus on the mental part of playing wide receiver in the NFL.
It allowed him to spend more time learning about what to do and how to do it from his new position coach on the Buffalo Bills, lessons that he says he never received from his previous position coach.