Whatever Said Seems True After Watching Rookie Tyson Bagent Workout

After leading the Chicago Bears to a 30-12 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders in his starting debut, quarterback Tyson Bagent made reporters chuckle on Sunday.

Whatever Said Seems True After Watching Rookie Tyson Bagent Workout

The Bears kept to their short game, and the former Division II player hadn’t completed a ball farther than 17 yards, but he claimed to have an arm like a “cannon.”

In his first road start against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday night, it appears the Bears may allow him to demonstrate his arm power.

Speaking on Wednesday at Halas Hall, Bagent remarked, “Yeah, I mean I think I have a strong arm.” “I’m sure I can make any call that’s made. That’s most likely all there is to it.

Due to Justin Fields’ dislocated thumb, Bagent re-starts after hitting 21 for 29 for 162  yards and a touchdown in the win.

Bagent learned the value of hard effort at a young age by witnessing his father, a world-champion arm-wrestler, practice at CrossFit 304, his father Travis’ CrossFit affiliate in West Virginia. Travis’ track record of physical health was especially important in 2020 and COVID, as Bagent’s Shepherd junior season was postponed.

Travis observed that his son had grown stronger both mentally and physically.

Ernie McCook, the head coach at Shepherd, recently spoke with Peter Schrager on his podcast, “The Season,” sharing a remarkable tale about his former quarterback. Across the street from his high school teacher’s locker area, Bagent has his own personalized exercise facilities. It’s entirely organic.

Rather than using weight bars, they benched logs. They carried weighted backpacks on their runs.

And after a long day of training, Bagent would recuperate with a cold bath with his former instructor partner. But the Potomac River was all that was in the bath.

With each new tale about his history, the legend surrounding his unorthodox route to the Bears and his distinctive training routine only becomes bigger.

“Yeah, that’s why the NFL is so hard,” Bagent said. “You’ve got to know when to eat the play. You’ve got to know when to take advantage of the play. You’ve got to know when to escape and you’ve got to know when to just throw it away or take a sack.”

In the Bears’ Week 6 loss to the Vikings, 19-13, Bagent stepped in for the injured Fields and committed two turnovers in the second half.

 

 

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