Even Jay-Z is drinking the juice. On Khalid’s Major Key album he raps, ‘I perform like Josh Norman; I ain’t normal’ which is possibly more prophetic than he realizes. See, Jay-Z works really well within a certain BPM range and cadence. Within that range he is seen as one of the best–largely because the best are older or straight up out of the game. So we are left with Jay-Z to be the Scion of a budding generation. So too can be said of Norman, but there are other things to be said and other questions still unanswered, enough so that I am extremely suspicious of his ability to be the lockdown player he was professed to be in Carolina.
Here is a question: If Norman is Revis good, then why release him? I get not wanting to pay a player what they believe they are worth–heck the Jets traded Revis–but to let him go without getting anything in exchange points to a larger issue. A Nick Foles-sized issue. Remember Foles? Pro-Bowl offensive MVP Foles who had a ridiculously good season with the Eagles before the world (save for the Rams) realized he was a straight up fluke? That happened. Then the Rams released him and now he is a backup for the Chiefs.
This happens a lot. The media hypes up a player and they turn out to be less-than. I’ve watched the tape. Sorry, Jay-Z. Norman is normal. So are you, BTW.