OK Zoomer: How Millennial NFL quarterbacks can connect with their Gen Z teammates
LA TimesThe wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford made some waves on her podcast recently when she disclosed her husband was having a difficult time connecting with some of his younger teammates, a 35-year-old NFL star looking to find commonalities with phone-obsessed players fresh out of college. But he’s like, `I feel like I can’t connect.’ ” Rams coach Sean McVay, only two years older than his quarterback, laughed off that characterization and said Stafford has done “a phenomenal job of leading, connecting with his teammates.” “I took that more of a joke at the old man,” McVay said. “You don’t want to be disingenuous, like, `Oh, hey, I’m one of you guys,’ ” Young said. ‘We’re about to sit by Jessica Alba.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I don’t know who that is.’ ” — Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner, on generation gap in a conversation with Aaron Rodgers at a New York Knicks game “It was a new generation,” Manning told the Los Angeles Times in 2019. “I’d come home from practice and sit down with my daughter, Annabelle, who was doing homework, and there were some questions where, `I’m not sure of the answer here,’ ” the quarterback said.
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