TK Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 http://www.theplayerstribune.com/josh-norman-redskins-panthers/ JOSH NORMAN CORNERBACK / WASHINGTON REDSKINS I remember when I was a kid, nobody would pick me on their team for street ball. Not even my four older brothers would let me get on their squad. So when everybody was playing ball, I would be on the other side of the park all by myself, shooting Js on the crooked-ass rim with no net. I’d wait for two or three hours trying to play. “Yo, I got next! Come on, man. I got next!” But nobody was hearing it. The older dudes would just look at me like, “What the hell you gonna do about it, kid?” I wasn’t going to do anything about it. I was skinny and shy. I’d be out there by myself, slamming the ball, yelling, crying … At home, I had to hide my food. I’d always cook up some eggs, grits and bologna. We usually didn’t have enough money for bacon. We only had the po’ man’s meat. If I left my plate out for a minute, my older brothers would try to steal my damn bologna, and I was too small to stand up for myself. Then one day, they made a mistake. They messed up. They let me put on a football helmet. They let me get in the dirt. Now, all of a sudden, the same dudes who used to steal my “next” were hearing a very particular sound. It’s a sick sound, really. I’ll never forget the first time I heard it. It’s the crack of a football helmet obliterating some poor dude’s chest protector. Then you hear him wheezing. You see the spirit draining right out of his body. At home and at school, I was shy. But when you put me in the dirt? I was transformed. I was a savage. From the first day I put on a football helmet I have repeated the same three words to myself every time I go out on the field: seek and destroy. Seek and destroy everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Fried bologna. Those were the days. I love these articles. Norman is going to be a good one for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Best line is right here: For real — I do not talk that much ****. Go ahead and look at the film when I’m mic’d up against Julio Jones. We don’t talk when we play. When I’m playing Mike Evans? O.K., I’ll give you that. We have some conversations. He’s trying to be about that life. I am about that life. You can’t get in somebody’s head who is already in his own head. I came up through the darkness. I was born in that. I was molded by that. I love it, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilandil Tasardur Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Damn. That made my eyes water a bit. Proud to have him join my team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haithman Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Oh my God yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZRagone Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeast Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Thick sliced Mortadella ia what is best to fry! Love his attitude!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epochalypse Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I now feel the need to hide my bologna. I'm enlisting my wife's assistance in this endeavor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurseReversed Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Damn, this is a good quote. It’s a passing league. The last line of defense is the cornerback. I believe I’m the best at my position. If you don’t believe me, I actually thank you for it. I’ll think of you when I’m cutting grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatteredFanSyndrome Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 If it wasn't clear already, this article solidifies why Scott laid out the red carpet and opened up the checkbook for this guy. Straight up "football player". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradboyd80 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Read that earlier today. Love his attitude! I hope he has a bologna feast this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigskinRedskin Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 That's beautiful...what an attitude, still playing with ferocity and a chip on his shoulder. Sounds like it's going to easily carry over to the Redskins and hopefully starts to infecting those around him. Breeland has come into his own, working side by side with Norman...oh man, I am ready for the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftech Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Norman got me so fired up Imma hit them weights hard tonight! Can't weight until I get into the the gym!!! Hail Em Up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giveit2Ervins Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 All I can say after reading that is WOW! This guy is exactly the type of player that makes me proud to be a skins fan! Great job GMSM bringing in this talent. I think it's going to be $ well spent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJD2 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I believe this thread needs a little more WEIRDness...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderDOOM Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hopefully he is a bane to wide-outs this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo'sRangers Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 True Redskin, through & through; it just took awhile to get here. LOVE this. Hail I believe this thread needs a little more WEIRDness...... THAT is really funny....to my warped mind. Hail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 That was one of the better Players Tribune pieces I've read, and there have been a lot of good ones. Glad this guy is on my team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checmate101 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Loved the article..like how he said he thought he has a better head in 15 then he did in 16..and folks calling him a one hit wonder..can't wait until romoSUCKS throws him a pick 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COWBOY-KILLA- Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hope he keeps that hunger and fire burning. New challenges new obstacles new haters. Cut Grass Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bob Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Best line is right here: That made me go watch that on YouTube. He didn't actually talk much smack on the field. He did have some funny stuff at the end with the WR that was a speed guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Injury Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Opposing receivers merely adopt the darkness. Norman was born in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommDownMan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Anyone else have an urge to send a bunch of bologna to Redskins Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeast Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 If he is stealing peoples bologna? Should we call him "The Mohel?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HapHaszard Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ahhh fried bologna, reminds me of those days I spent lounging around in the Cherokee county Ga jail. Those were the days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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