Dave Revson didn’t give him any softball questions. He got JJ to admit he does his meditation routine on the field where he is shown on tv on purpose to raise awareness of eastern religions and how meditation can help with mental health.
Dave followed up and got JJ to admit he was in deep depression the Covid year and found comfort in strength in the eastern religion’s common use of meditation as a way to heal the mind and clear it’s focus…interesting. As an atheist, I searched most of the world religions for a way to calm the voices and chaos in my mind. Then I read the works of the legendary philosopher Lao Tzu, who around 500 B.C.E. wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. Taoism, at its most basic definition, is living in balance physically and spiritually in the world around you. It may have been Lao Tzu, or some other Taoist master who wrote about a storm that blew up with high winds that were breaking tree branches and other dense inflexible bushes and plants. Then he noticed the reeds along the waterline, who were being blown every which way, yet when the storm passed, the flexibility of the reeds left them undamaged. It was then he formulated one of the Taoist sayings that stuck with me, “ when the sky goes dark, and fortune has turned against you with an ill wind arrives like a demon god of vengeance on a black horse. Though the supernatural winds destroyed the orchard, ruined the sand and stone garden, and ripped half the roof off the Minka (traditional pre 1st century farmhouse) by Aku, the Devil of storms, I was fascinated by watching the reeds by the shoreline., they would bend and then straighten up, until another blast of swirling wind tried to rip the reeds out to their roots. But the reeds twisted with no resistance while they were too solidly rooted. This angered Aku, who blasted the reeds with winds that struck like a typhoon, and the reeds were split and flattened on the banks of the water. Yet as the winds subsided, the reeds straightened up as if the storm did not happen at all. I repeated to myself in meditation “I am a reed in the wind”. No matter what life brings, I will bend with the wind, then rise back to a state of balance. “I am a reed in the wind. I can bend every which way no matter how dark the skies are..no matter what I must face. I will bend like it was nothing and begin again.” I’m glad JJ looked to the far East for answers, our country could do with some balance and being in synch with nature and the world around us.
I was impressed that JJ didn’t flinch opening up and sharing his struggle. I like him 5x more than I did before hearing his interview.
Dave finished the interview with the toughest question: are you gonna go pro or stay for your senior year? Again, JJ answered quickly and honestly, that he’s not thinking about that now, but what I saw on his face told me he’s seriously considering coming back. If he declared for the draft, he’d be the 4th qb taken at best behind Caleb, Nix, and Maye, but he could be passed by Pennix as well. There’s a good chance he might fall to Day 2. With his NIL, the new deal he signed with Brady’s apparel not even figured in his NIL yet, plus anything new on the horizon, JJ could get close to 3 million in NIL next year. He gets another 12+ games of experience that NFL gms consider invaluable, and next year’s QBs are nowhere near this class. He could go number 1 next year, and I got the feeling JJ is aware and meditating hard on the decision. If he has an “advisor/agent”, I’m sure they will make a decision quickly after the CFP.
Gut feeling from his facial expression, I’d say it’s about 65/35 that he comes back next year and be a top 5 pick.
Just a feeling…no information…just going by vocal tone change and going from Chillin to serious in a half a second. It won’t be just an immediate decision…I feel JJ doesn’t want to go in the late first or early second.
65% JJ comes back guys! And you know I’m right 9 out of ten times on this stuff.
Dave followed up and got JJ to admit he was in deep depression the Covid year and found comfort in strength in the eastern religion’s common use of meditation as a way to heal the mind and clear it’s focus…interesting. As an atheist, I searched most of the world religions for a way to calm the voices and chaos in my mind. Then I read the works of the legendary philosopher Lao Tzu, who around 500 B.C.E. wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. Taoism, at its most basic definition, is living in balance physically and spiritually in the world around you. It may have been Lao Tzu, or some other Taoist master who wrote about a storm that blew up with high winds that were breaking tree branches and other dense inflexible bushes and plants. Then he noticed the reeds along the waterline, who were being blown every which way, yet when the storm passed, the flexibility of the reeds left them undamaged. It was then he formulated one of the Taoist sayings that stuck with me, “ when the sky goes dark, and fortune has turned against you with an ill wind arrives like a demon god of vengeance on a black horse. Though the supernatural winds destroyed the orchard, ruined the sand and stone garden, and ripped half the roof off the Minka (traditional pre 1st century farmhouse) by Aku, the Devil of storms, I was fascinated by watching the reeds by the shoreline., they would bend and then straighten up, until another blast of swirling wind tried to rip the reeds out to their roots. But the reeds twisted with no resistance while they were too solidly rooted. This angered Aku, who blasted the reeds with winds that struck like a typhoon, and the reeds were split and flattened on the banks of the water. Yet as the winds subsided, the reeds straightened up as if the storm did not happen at all. I repeated to myself in meditation “I am a reed in the wind”. No matter what life brings, I will bend with the wind, then rise back to a state of balance. “I am a reed in the wind. I can bend every which way no matter how dark the skies are..no matter what I must face. I will bend like it was nothing and begin again.” I’m glad JJ looked to the far East for answers, our country could do with some balance and being in synch with nature and the world around us.
I was impressed that JJ didn’t flinch opening up and sharing his struggle. I like him 5x more than I did before hearing his interview.
Dave finished the interview with the toughest question: are you gonna go pro or stay for your senior year? Again, JJ answered quickly and honestly, that he’s not thinking about that now, but what I saw on his face told me he’s seriously considering coming back. If he declared for the draft, he’d be the 4th qb taken at best behind Caleb, Nix, and Maye, but he could be passed by Pennix as well. There’s a good chance he might fall to Day 2. With his NIL, the new deal he signed with Brady’s apparel not even figured in his NIL yet, plus anything new on the horizon, JJ could get close to 3 million in NIL next year. He gets another 12+ games of experience that NFL gms consider invaluable, and next year’s QBs are nowhere near this class. He could go number 1 next year, and I got the feeling JJ is aware and meditating hard on the decision. If he has an “advisor/agent”, I’m sure they will make a decision quickly after the CFP.
Gut feeling from his facial expression, I’d say it’s about 65/35 that he comes back next year and be a top 5 pick.
Just a feeling…no information…just going by vocal tone change and going from Chillin to serious in a half a second. It won’t be just an immediate decision…I feel JJ doesn’t want to go in the late first or early second.
65% JJ comes back guys! And you know I’m right 9 out of ten times on this stuff.
