Gleefully going from the grind of the gridiron to the monotony of homework from taking a full load of five classes, over five days, to accomplish a goal of graduating from college?
"It was kind of a drag being back in the school routine," Brock Bowers said with a laugh. "But I wanted to finish what I started."
Talk about a grueling, albeit, intriguing How-I-Spent-My-First-NFL-Offseason essay.
Because a day after the Raiders' season concluded, a campaign in which Bowers set several league and team records, the spring semester began at Georgia. He was back on campus and in class within a week-and-a-half - "I was able to catch up quickly," he said – and zeroed in on his business degree in real estate.
And a day after walking across the stage for graduation at Georgia's Terry College of Business on May 9, Bowers was on a flight to Las Vegas. Two days later, Bowers was on the practice field for Raiders voluntary workouts.
No rest for the weary, or the willing.
Not with Bowers now needing to make up for lost time with a new coaching staff in place.
No doubt Pete Carroll wanted Bowers' take on "12 personnel" when they first talked this offseason.
And the new Raiders coach was surely curious about how Bowers, with a single-season franchise-best 112 catches for an NFL record-for-a-rookie-tight end 1,194 yards with five touchdowns last season, became just the fourth rookie tight end in NFL history named first-team All-Pro.
But they bonded over something else entirely.
"We're just two scholars," Carroll told Bowers, "going back to football."
Because while Bowers was back in school at Georgia, Carroll was co-teaching a class at USC called "The Game is Life" when he was hired by the Raiders.
Bring your No. 2 pencil, and your iPad.