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Lynn Bowden Jr. – December 10, 2020 Download PDF version

Thursday, December 10, 2020

WR Lynn Bowden Jr.

(I wanted to ask you about last Sunday. What did that performance that you had mean to you?) – “It meant a lot. Just getting the ball and stuff like that. It felt good. That’s what they brought me here for.”

(I wanted to ask you, how would you put your rookie season in your own words and what has this process and journey to become a receiver – I don’t know if that’s what you consider yourself – what’s it been like?) – “I wouldn’t say it’s a process. I played three years of receiver at Kentucky, so I’m bettering myself. I’m bettering the guys around me … My rookie season, I could describe it as a lesson. A lesson for life.”

(Earlier this season, Offensive Coordinator Chan Gailey had talked about getting you more involved with just the basic install that you missed by not being here in August. I was curious how your progression in the offense has gone from the time you got here in September and kind of playing catch up throughout the course of the season?) – “That’s a Coach Chan question, for real. That’s not really a question for me. I don’t really like to talk about myself. I’m here, I’m learning. I’m just trying to contribute the best I can and as much as they let me.”

(Obviously you’re a player that once you get the ball in your hands, you can obviously make some plays and make some magic happen. What excites you about having the ball in your hands? What excites you about making plays and being a playmaker?) – “Sometimes it comes natural. It’s a God-given ability with the ball in my hands and it just feels good to have the ball in my hands and being able to make plays.”

(What’s that like in terms of – that ability that you have, I would say it’s a rare trait where you generally can make the first guy miss. I know you say it’s instinctive, but what goes through your mind when a defender is coming to you?) – “To be honest, I really don’t know. Sometimes I look at the film and ask myself how I did it, so it’s just instinct.”

(A minute ago, you mentioned that you would describe this season as “a lesson. A lesson for life.” What did you mean by that? What have you learned through this season?) – “Things will change fast.”

(Can you take us back to a little bit of when you first started playing football? What was that like and what kind of joy does playing football bring to you?) – “I started at the age of 5 in my grandma’s yard with my cousins and my brothers and them, and it just really developed me into who I am today.”

(Earlier you mentioned that you were at Kentucky initially then you had that year as a quarterback. I’m curious, what does seeing the game from that quarterback position do to help you gain more perspective as a receiver?) – “Moving from quarterback to receiver and then receiver to quarterback, you get the best of both worlds because now as a receiver, you’re seeing how the quarterback looks at it and as a quarterback, you’re seeing how the receiver is seeing it. So I have the best of both worlds of being able to read coverages and seeing the different disguises and stuff like that.”

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