Longtime San Diego Chargers defensive again Quentin Jammer had a tough yr in 2011.
On the sphere, he was having his worst statistical season after a decade within the NFL. Off the sphere, the daddy of three younger sons was going by way of a painful divorce.
On Monday, Jammer made a revelation that shed some mild on simply how darkish these days have been for him.
“True story……. In 2011 I played completely s— faced drunk in at least 8 games,” Jammer wrote Monday night time on X.
Naturally, followers had loads of questions, and the Chargers’ 2002 first-round draft choose was blissful to interact with lots of them. He shared that he had “2 tequila bottles in my bag” on these specific recreation days and that he “drank [the] whole game and all the way home.”
Did being inebriated have an effect on his play?
“I played well in all but 1 game,” mentioned Jammer, who added that in that exact recreation, “I was out there seeing s— that wasn’t there!”
Jammer didn’t specify which recreation that was, however up to now he has referred to the Chargers’ 24-17 loss to the Oakland Raiders on Nov. 10, 2011, as “probably the worst game in my life.” Throughout that recreation, Jammer gave up 105 passing yards, together with two lengthy landing receptions to Raiders receiver Denarius Moore.
General in 2011, Jammer allowed six touchdowns, broke up simply eight passes and gave up a median of 10.5 yards per passing try towards him. He completed his 12-year profession with 21 interceptions however didn’t have any that season.
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Requested on X why he was consuming throughout video games, the previous Denver Broncos participant responded, “Divorce man!”
He known as that point a “traumatic period” in his life. Whereas he didn’t elaborate on whether or not anybody with the Chargers knew what he was doing, Jammer mentioned, “They knew what was going on in my life at the time.
“Trust me 100% of u all would’ve done the same,” he wrote.
A June 2012 column by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union Tribune spoke of Jammer’s “encompassing sadness” throughout the earlier season. Whereas there was no point out of Jammer consuming throughout video games, the article said that “many nights, he marinated his despair in alcohol.”
“I was going through a divorce,” Jammer instructed Acee. “It’s hard playing football when so much is on your mind.”
He added: “It still hurts. The difference is I’m better.”
Jammer appears to be doing nicely now too. On Monday when one commenter on X mentioned , “Hope all is well,” the 46-year-old entrepreneur responded: “Is now brother! Thank you.”
Returning to X on Tuesday morning, Jammer mentioned that speaking about a few of the low factors of his life is a part of his personal therapeutic course of.
“I’m just getting out the negative s— to the world so it can’t continue [to] consume me,” he wrote. “Embarrassing s— should b shared so it holds no power!”
