Former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins had quite an interview with Bleacher Report.
In it, Watkins explains his feeling behind faith and as he describes, the world around him. Speaking to Tyler Dunne, Watkins got into details about believing in reincarnation and the differences between good and evil. It’s a deep dive.
But Watkins also revealed some background details from his early days in the NFL with the Bills. Buffalo traded a future first-round pick to land Watkins with the No. 4 overall pick. In his Bills career, Watkins had 153 catches, 2,459 yards and 17 touchdowns.
While that’s the best number he’s put up with any team he’s played for thus far (Chiefs, Rams), the Bills never got their return in investment on the receiver and eventually traded him in 2017 for EJ Gaines and a second-round pick.
In addition to his beliefs, Watkins also gave some reasoning behind why he struggled with injury and production during his time with the Bills. Via B/R, Watkins said at 21 he was partying and drinking “every night.”
The most telling quote from Watkins:
“I would go out and get wasted,” he says. “Wasted wasted.”
Throughout the story, Watkins does discuss a deep dive into hardships he’s faced in his life, including that he was “fighting a war outside of football.” Watkins had hardships hit family and friends all around him, leading to erratic behavior.
After getting into deep religious and philosophical study, Watkins then discussed his departure from Buffalo. Per Watkins, he felt like Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott was waging sort of a “mental warfare” and eventually Watkins got his wish of being traded, although he says he never formally requested a trade.
While everyone has their different beliefs, Watkins certainly has some unique ones that’s not new as he’s taken to social media in the past to discuss them:
I’m a whole different species im convince im not a human never was im more like a advance reptilian solar being I’m very powerful it’s kinda scares me lol… 🤔🤫🤭🤗😂
— King me (@sammywatkins) April 14, 2018
Even though it didn’t work out, the marriage between Watkins and the Bills, hopefully he’s at peace with himself after early hardships for him.
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