(11-07-2023, 12:47 AM)MojoKing Wrote:

(11-06-2023, 11:00 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Yeah that sounds ridiculous.

I get it,
But when every great artist/athlete transcends their craft - tends to be when they stop thinking or caring about perception and just go with what’s in their souls. They no longer have to think, they just react 

Too deep for Jags mb but

He's plenty loose when not in interview/answer mode.  He and his teammates seem to have a great rapport from the bits we are allowed to see and he had no problem talking trash to opposing players when mic'd up.  Again, those are glimpses.  We don't see everything. It's probably the tip of the ice berg of his personality.  Add in some of his tweets and he's not completely closed off from displaying a personality publicly.

When he is on camera and in front of a mic giving an interview or answering questions, he is even keel and that's probably by design to not give the media any ammo to tear him down with now or to be pocketed for future use. Nor does he provide the opposing team with bulletin board material even though the media still tries to manufacture it as they did with the squealers game.  (if you watch the "little yellow towels" video it's clear as day no slight was intended)  This is what you want out of a leader and face of the franchise.  

He'll be getting more national TV commercial deals soon (I think he's done a Subway one, not sure what else) and those usually portray their new NFL spokesperson in a comedic light.  Some of what you're suggesting (opening up a bit in interviews) will happen naturally with age and experience.  That said, being a little guarded in interviews being a contributing factor to whether someone is a HOFer or not is off base to me, especially in a sport with so many other people on the field at the same time and so many variables at play.  I can see where a big personality that winds up in the media and covering the NFL after they retire might take someone who was a very good player and marginal HOFer and push him over the top to eventually getting a gold jacket, but that's about the extent of it.  It's off base for Trevor and his current situation as it stands though.  For him, it will be based almost exclusively on either gaudy stat lines at career end or Super Bowl rings or both.

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