I would swap positions with Earl Maddox. I played through high school on both the offense and defense as a safety and wide receiver. Having the opportunity to play wide receiver again would be a blast. Just the process of actually running routes and attempting to get open rather than playing. It is strange how similar catching a ball on offense is to making an interception, but results in completely different emotions. Catching a pass as a wide receiver is almost like a trust fall exercise. I’m trusting the Quarterback to throw the ball in a way that i can catch it, and I fulfill his trust by catching; and then immediately having to brace for impact as the defender tackles me. On the defense side of the ball I have to react to the actions of the wide receiver and make the quarterback not throw in my area or make sure the wide receiver doesn’t catch it. Yet every so often things go wrong and I, the defender, am able to catch the ball instead of the wide receiver. In that moment is a weird feeling that I failed to execute proper defense, but the outcome still benefits my team. I don’t think Maddox would want to switch, and Fatih and I are the best safety combo in the league.
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