‘It makes a player very mortal’: How an NFL defender thinks | Andrew Webster
When life’s getting you down, when it all seems too hard and you need a boost of serotonin, what do you reach for?Los Angeles Rams safety Nick Scott whips out his phone and watches a replay of his thundering shot on San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel in NFC Championship match from last season’s NFL playoffs.
He can still walk the streets of LA without being harassed too much by selfie-hunters. “People will ask, ‘Are you Nick Scott?’ and I’ll say, ‘As a matter of fact, I am’. It’s all new to me.” Scott is a prime example of how far persistence can take the professional athlete, particularly in the US where there’s usually someone bigger, faster and stronger coming along the production line.
“The Rams’ defence is we don’t assign as strong and free safety,” Scott says. “Both safeties can be in the box, in the run area, or the deep end of the field. Technically, I’m a free safety, but I can play both. I’m probably called a strong safety because of how hard I hit.” It surprises that he doesn’t mention Joe Burrow, the Bengals’ whizkid quarterback who just after halftime in the Super Bowl threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Tee Higgins to give their side a 20-13 lead.
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