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Lynn Bowden Jr. – October 7, 2020 Download PDF version

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

WR Lynn Bowden Jr.

(How was it for you to get traded? You were drafted to a team, probably thought you were going to be there for a while and then you abruptly get traded right before the season starts?) – “Me, I like to think the past is in the past. I’m here. I’m loving where I’m at. It’s life.”

(What do you feel like you do best? I know you do a lot, but when you’re on the field, what do you feel like your strengths are?) – “Maybe just having the ball in my hands. I’m not too big on talking about myself. I like to let the game play (speak) for itself; but if I had to choose, just having the ball in my hands probably.”

(When the trade went down, there was a report about some off-field issues, and you took to Twitter and said essentially that it’s not correct, that it’s not accurate. Could you set the record straight on some of the things that were written and why it may not be accurate?) – “People are going to talk the way they talk. Like I said, the past is the past. It’s not something I’m thinking about. It’s not something I’m worried about. I’m in a better place, just with myself. I’m happy where I’m at. I’m getting a shot to do what I love to do and I’m just going to keep going forward.”

(Obviously you have a skillset to make people miss. Do you feel like that suits you well, particularly in the slot? And how much are you working at that position?) – “Right now, I’m wherever the coach needs me – whether that’s offense, special teams. I’m right by him, just doing whatever I need to do to get out there, whatever coach has in store for me. I’m still learning. I’m a rookie so there’s a lot of ways I’ve got to learn and follow behind, and that’s what I’m going to do with my head down.”

(What’s it like being in a room where there’s another player and you guys have kind of some similar skillsets in terms of what they’re asking you to do with RB/WR Malcolm Perry? Both of you guys played a little bit of quarterback in college, and both of you can move back and forth between running back and receiver in terms of what they’re trying to have you do?) – “I think there’s a plus side to that. Me and him, we just work together to better ourselves and actually better the whole team and better our room, most importantly – the receiver room. We all compete every day. We come out to practice and compete every day. We cheer each other on and it’s always positive vibes.”

(I do want to go back to the time of the trade. Did they give you an explanation at any point as to why they traded you away? And the moment you found out, what were you doing and what was the thought you had? Because it’s so unusual for someone drafted where you were to get traded so quickly. Was there any kind of feeling like, “what did I do wrong?”) – “It was. You’ve just got to put the past in the past. The NFL is a business. It’s a business first. Feelings come last. I learned that quick, fast, in a hurry, even before the trade. There’s nothing I can really do about it. I’m here. I’m in Miami. We’re making the best of it. We’re having fun. I feel like as a team, we’re good right now.”

(Las Vegas was, of course, using you at running back. The Dolphins are using you at receiver. Do you feel like you have a better NFL future at receiver? Does it fit your skillset better?) – “Just having the ball in my hands fits. Wherever that is that coach needs me. You can look at the statistics of how long a running back lasts and how long a receiver lasts. You could look at that, but I just feel like I’m built to last wherever I need to play at, wherever coach needs to play me at. When my time comes, I’m going to be ready.”

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