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cementcornfield · 4 months ago

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A Retrospective on Ja'Marr's Rough Rookie Preseason (and How Joe Was There for Him Throughout)

Ja'Marr on The Pivot: I just wanted to get in where I fit in, just slowly make my mark and show the guys around me I could still play... Joe even knew that I was getting too hard on myself but Joe was just telling me like, 'I know what you can do, just get back in the rhythm, play your game, and you know we're gonna take off from there.'

Ja'Marr on Pat McAfee: It had a toll on me, it was a little mentally draining, knowing I was getting attacked just getting into the league... it just took a little minute for me to get back into the rhythm of things, get used to the offense again and once all that was coming on, I wasn't really worried about it. Joe helped me pick myself back up and get back on the road.

#preseason officially starting this week!#remember when everyone though ja'marr was a bust?? wild.#god poor guy - he was really going through it #but it was so understandable to be rusty after sitting out a year!#and joe never giving up on him. never wavering in any answers to the press about how much he trusted and believed in ja'marr #staying after practices multiple times so they could get their timing/connection back #(and he was recovering from the acl and supposed to be taking it easy!!!)#(classic joe 🙃)#and you can tell how much that meant to ja'marr #to still be referencing it a year later after all his success #and make sure you watch the very brief part at the end of the video #where you can see joe and ja'marr do the pinky promise shake they love so much!#just natural! thoughtless!#but anyway yeah the way joe immediately opens with that after the first game #(where ja'marr was AMAZING and scored a huge TD)#and the press all laughs #but joe just stares them down because he knows exactly who was writing those reports #WOOF #tldr: ja'marr struggled. people judged. joe was NOT having it.#ja'marr chase #joe burrow #joe'marr

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