Bears’ Grady Jarrett says Packers QB will just have to deal with it
WATCH: The trash talking on a video with Grady Jarrett mic’d up and talking to Jordan Love is likely to be a common thing now with a new, vociferous leader on the Bears D-line.
With the signing of free agent defensive tackle Grady Jarrett, Ben Johnson and the Chicago Bears knew they were getting a real team leader.
A team short this type of locker room presence fired a coach mid-season for the first time last year so they can use the extra guidance from a veteran.
However, what hasn’t necessarily been stressed is how the 288-pound three-technique tackle already has a leg up in the most important rivalry the Bears have. This, of course, is with the Green Bay Packers.
Jarrett’s clip with a mic on from a game for Atlanta with the Packers when he trash-talked Packers QB Jordan Love has been a favorite on the internet, and probably will get new viral life from Chicago fans now that he’s wearing the navy and orange.
“When you’re playing ball, doing this, being professional and being able to talk and communicate
with people, but when you’re playing ball, you cross those lines, you have to be able to go in that
dark place,” Jarrett said about his language in the clip. “Sometimes what happens in that dark place, it gets a little crazy just being a competitor.
“I talked about mic’d up with some of the media team here, and I was like, ‘Yeah, I know I have some crazy ones.’ That was what was released. So the stuff that’s not released has to be super crazy. You’ve got to have that dog in you.”
