RENTON, Wash. — When Mike Macdonald was hired by the Seattle Seahawks this past offseason, he brought the Baltimore Ravens' notoriously tough conditioning test with him.
Several NFL teams make players pass one at the start of training camp in order to practice, and the versions vary by team. This one requires them to complete six 150-yard shuttles, with a time limit on each leg that differs depending on position groups.
Not finishing any of the six legs in the designated time means failing the test and having to start it over. «Never want to do it again,» Seahawks wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr.
said. «It's deadly.» It might have been predictable that a few young players would fail such a difficult test, requiring them to start camp on the non-football injury list until they could pass.