Jamal Merrell

And then he was like, just play Madden, just play Madden.

So, and I was just crushing it that week.

And my coach, Shiano, he talked to scout players, but almost like negative reinforcement.

Like, what the fuck are you doing?

Like, da, da, da, da.

But I never forget this conversation was like, man, like you crushing the scout team linebacker.

You really, you really want to do this.

And I was like, if I'm by my brother, you're like, yeah, I'll do it.

I would say fast forward, like two, three games,

He was like, yeah, you're going to be in the rotation.

And the guy in front of me, I forget what happened, but he was like, yeah, Ma, he called me Ma.

He was like, Ma, you're up.

And I was running with the ones.

And I'll never forget, my brother put his hands down and I lined up a linebacker and I was like,

Fuck it.

I'm never going back.

I'm gonna be the starter.

I never, I started ever since.

for you like what did that mean to you what it meant to me was i got to play my brother um like that's what i would say a lot of people never experienced it but that twin effect kicked in because when my coach was like you're gonna start and then i would see my brother right there i'm like shit i'm if he if if he don't make the tackle i'm gonna make the tackle if i make if i don't make the tackle i know he's gonna make the tackle um

And then once I really start playing Madden and I understood the plays, I realized whatever play my coach called,