Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin is out to prove the doubters wrong in 2020 despite his age of 32 years and supposed decline in his athleticism.
During a training camp practice, Irvin jumped over a tackling dummy with a height of six feet. He stated that he heard about the doubts surrounding him and used them as motivation.
“I just read all these things about, ‘He’s old, he’s lost a step,’ and it’s just crazy to me because – knock on wood – I’ve never had any crazy injuries, I don’t miss games,” Irvin said in his Zoom interview with reporters. “I really did that so y’all could see that, honestly, because I knew y’all were watching. I was like, ‘These folks think I’m old, so let me just show them I still got some juice in me.’ So that was more just to show people that I still got a lot left in the tank.”
Irvin discussed his growth as a player and a person throughout his NFL career and explained how he will use his experience and knowledge to be a better leader than ever before.
“I’m just being B.I.,” Irvin said. “When I left here, I kind of started to transition into being more outspoken and being more of a leader. So at this point, I’m just being myself. I talk smack, but I also build them up. But if you’re BS’ing, I’m going to let you know about it, and I expect that from them if they feel like I’m BS’ing. At this point, I’m just being myself, trying to work as hard as I can – not only just talk about it, but be about it on the field. Show these guys that, hey, B.I. talks a lot of junk, but B.I. also busts his tail in practice, he busts his tail in the game and leaves it out there for us.”
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