Justin Jefferson’s Magical Moment

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🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson is having a season unlike any other. From a highlight reel catch against the Bills to breaking records for most receiving yards through a player’s first three seasons, Jefferson has been this season’s breakout player. But despite his almost immediate dominance in the NFL, Jefferson was just the 5th wide receiver taken in his draft class, and coming out of high school received only one scholarship offer from a Power 5 program–LSU. Tim Keown profiled Jefferson for ESPN’s Cover Story, and he tells us how the Vikings magical wide receiver went overlooked…until his play refused to be ignored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Tim Qn, when it comes to the question of what is the best moment of this NFL season
0:06.6	to date, I imagine the thing that sticks in your mind is probably the thing that is also
0:11.8	stuck in mind.
0:12.8	I would think so, Pablo.
0:14.6	I think there isn't that much competition for the greatest moment in the season.
0:18.4	I think it's, it's pretty clear that it happened on November 13th.
0:23.6	I wanted a guy that could make an impact on the games, the sack makes it forked down on
0:30.3	a mile as you're welcome you to Orange Park with too many left in a four point game.
0:37.8	Bill's Vikings, fourth and 18, two minutes left and Kirk Cousins goes back to pass and
0:44.2	decides that his best shot is to just throw it up in the general area of Justin Jefferson.
0:52.2	And what happened after that is probably something we've never seen before in terms of human
0:58.2	dynamics.
1:00.6	It's like the ball went in the air and Justin Jefferson became liquid.
1:04.7	You know, he jumped backwards.
1:08.1	This defensive back for Buffalo, Cam Lewis was standing there waiting for the ball like
1:12.5	he was going to catch a punt and they both go up and Cam Lewis has two hands on the
1:20.0	ball.
1:21.0	He's going to have to go up and down and get his right hand behind it as he's nearly horizontal
1:29.0	in the air and he somehow pulls it down into his own body and comes down with the ball.
1:37.1	Kirk Cousins back to throw on 4-38, he's given time.
1:41.0	He wants Jefferson, times the ladder.
1:44.0	Oh my goodness.
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