National Football League: Kansas City Chiefs
Sammy Watkins doesnt think hes a reptile at least not in the cold-blooded, scaly skin kind of way.
In April, though, the Chiefs wide receiver posted a tweet that suggested otherwise.
Im a whole different species, he wrote, Im convince(d) Im not a human, never was. Im more like a(n) advance reptilian solar being. Im very powerful. It kinda scares me lol…
But Watkins didnt mean it literally. Instead, the tweet was meant to be a metaphor, requiring far more than 280 characters to explain.
Just, youve got super powers, he said recently. You can have a baby. I cant. So thats kind of what Im saying. Youve got the nurturing aspect and then man got the physical ability, the strength. Thats kind of what I meant.
Youve got all different people. Different sizes, different beings. And were all not the same. Were all different in different aspects. Thats what I wanted to touch on.
Watkins is a master in abstract thought. Some of it is so out there that its downright hard to follow.
Hes always been a deep thinker, but it wasnt until Watkins spent seven months in Orlando from January to July 2017 that he began to really think existentially.
Recovering from his second foot surgery in less than a year, Watkins pored over books and escaped down internet rabbit holes.
He surrounded himself with positive energy, and when he emerged on the other side, he had a new perspective on life and on his football career.
Just being down, having all the success and being hurt three years, not leaving the house for like seven months, literally not coming outside the house and just reading books and just staying in the house, Watkins said, and then you come back outside the world and youre like, Oh (expletive). What is this?
If youre reading stuff and elevating your mind, youll definitely see a different world.
A necessary reset
Sitting in the balcony off his bedroom in his Orlando home last year, Watkins pondered his lot in life.
A star Clemson football player turned first-round NFL draft selection, Watkins was supposed to bring that instant it-factor to a nondescript Buffalo offense when he was taken with the fourth pick in 2014.
