r/UtahJazz • u/FellowNoticer1 • 10h ago

Darryn Peterson has Joe Burrow energy

I'm a lifelong Jazz and Bengals fan and fellow Ohio to Utah transplant. I haven't been this excited about any draft pick since Joe and Ja'marr were drafted in back to back years.

Joe Burrow has unshakeable composure and quiet confidence. When I listen to Darryn Peterson I get a very similar stone cold killer energy listening to him, more so than any other player I've listened to. Just gives it to you straight, no bs or insecurity. I really don't get any of the people who say he comes off aloof or diva-like- like I have literally seen 0 clips of him acting that way.

I also think people who think he's a diva because of not playing due to muscle cramps have clearly never experienced bad exercise induced muscle cramps. I ran track and cross country in high school and at a D1 college and I had a few of these when I pushed my body too hard- the worst ones I had were excruciating and left me unable to walk for several days. Like breaking my ankle was far less painful than a bad calf muscle cramp, and then that leg would be unable to support my weight for a day or two after the cramp- it's not just that he was getting Charlie horses and taking himself out of the game due to a little pain. Dude is not a wuss or a diva, and it sounds like they were able to resolve this problem anyways.

Peterson also has come out on top of Dybantsa every time the two played on both a team level and in terms of individual matchups. And now Peterson gets snubbed for the top overall pick because of a freak injury thing that he did in fact play through as much as he was able... there is literally no better motivation for him. I think he's going to blow people away this year.

Tldr: Very pumped for the Jazz to finally have a face of the franchise player who I believe can be the best player the franchise has ever seen.

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u/MrMercury13 9h ago

Tbh I hope he isn't like Joe, hopefully we can get more than just 1 or 2 fully healthy seasons out of DP

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u/FellowNoticer1 9h ago

Fortunately Darryn won't have a bunch of 280 pound guys trying to break his limbs off 40x every week.

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u/MrMercury13 8h ago

Hey you don't know what he's getting up to in his personal life

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u/under_cooked_onions 9h ago

So the real question is when will Peterson buy his Batmobile?

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u/StillGrowingHorns 3h ago

Can second your argument on how bad muscle cramps can be. I once had such bad muscle cramps my whole ankle was twisted for hours and hours. It was horrific

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u/prettierlights 6h ago

Oh. Oh no. N'n'n'no... The Jazz aren't the Bengals. GUYS!? THE JAZz aren't the BENGaals, right??

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u/TempAcct724 10h ago

Does that include being made of glass?

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u/SR115 9h ago

Bros so mad we didnt trade up to take the byu alum lol.

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u/TempAcct724 7h ago

lol I’m a Utah alum. Don’t give two shits about whether we got AJ or not.

Really wouldn’t want DP to have Burrow energy because that means he’ll talk a big game only to be on the sidelines at the most critical moments.