Hard Knocks Episode Three: Dress Rehearsal

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty ImagesIt’s almost like this episode of HBO’s Hard Knocks was directed with Iowa football fans in mind.

We open on LA Chargers receivers coach Phil McGeoghan lambasting his players for not... blocking.

I’m not asking you to kill Derwin James, I’m asking you to block somebody on an inside run play. If you want to impress somebody, block the fucking shit out of somebody… if you block somebody you’ll play here, if you don’t you’ll be gone And with that, the episode is off. We see footballs getting scrubbed with Barbasol (apparently to soften the leather), surfaces disinfected and multi millionaires getting their temperature checked early and often.

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