Winston Eating the W

AsylumGuido · 11-10-2020, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by jnormand

He stopped doing that. I actually heard that he had to break himself off the habit because of Covid. He said it was hard to stop.

Actually, he was planning on stopping, but continued to lick them. Here's Amie Just on a question about it a few weeks back.

I thought Drew Brees was going to stop licking his fingers?

A: So, he started training camp without issue, but then I noticed on one day in particular, he was back to his old finger lickin' ways. On like the ninth day of practice (or something close to that) I counted that he licked his fingers six times when I was paying attention to him.

I went back and watched the first drive of the Raiders' game and Brees — while he was on camera — licked his fingers 12 times. In the first drive. Here are my notes:

As he's walking onto the field before the first play
As he's breaking the huddle before the first play
Before he takes the first snap
Before he takes the second snap
After the incompletion to Jared Cook
As he's breaking the huddle for the fourth play
Before he takes the fourth snap
Before the snap at 12:40
Before the snap at 12:15
After breaking the huddle at 11:51
Before the snap at 11:49
Before the snap at 11:17

Those finger licks were just when he was on camera, too. So, based on this, it looks like he has a pattern. He definitely licks his fingers after breaking every huddle and before taking every snap. So in the case of finger licks 10 and 11, that's two licks within three seconds. He also — as he's said previously — sometimes licks his fingers after the play, as evidenced by No. 5.

11-10-2020, 01:52 PM	#21
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,674	Re: Winston Eating the W Originally Posted by jnormand He stopped doing that. I actually heard that he had to break himself off the habit because of Covid. He said it was hard to stop. Actually, he was planning on stopping, but continued to lick them. Here's Amie Just on a question about it a few weeks back. I thought Drew Brees was going to stop licking his fingers? A: So, he started training camp without issue, but then I noticed on one day in particular, he was back to his old finger lickin' ways. On like the ninth day of practice (or something close to that) I counted that he licked his fingers six times when I was paying attention to him. I went back and watched the first drive of the Raiders' game and Brees — while he was on camera — licked his fingers 12 times. In the first drive. Here are my notes: As he's walking onto the field before the first play As he's breaking the huddle before the first play Before he takes the first snap Before he takes the second snap After the incompletion to Jared Cook As he's breaking the huddle for the fourth play Before he takes the fourth snap Before the snap at 12:40 Before the snap at 12:15 After breaking the huddle at 11:51 Before the snap at 11:49 Before the snap at 11:17 Those finger licks were just when he was on camera, too. So, based on this, it looks like he has a pattern. He definitely licks his fingers after breaking every huddle and before taking every snap. So in the case of finger licks 10 and 11, that's two licks within three seconds. He also — as he's said previously — sometimes licks his fingers after the play, as evidenced by No. 5. Rugby Saint II likes this.
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