Center Austin Corbett‘s had ringside seats for Brown’s ascension as a player, often drawing that assignment in training camp drills, so he can tell you in very precise detail about Brown’s strength and determination.
“I think he’s just the standard of what it means to be here,” Corbett said. “We’re using this season to rewrite that standard, and he was poised for another fantastic year last year, and obviously didn’t last one game, and that’s part of this game. I say it a lot, football sucks, and we all know. But also, football is the best thing in the world. We love it so much we’re going to keep doing it, and when you have all year in the building doing your rehab, just watching guys, just studying film, being a part of practice, watching games, it just drives you, and it just stokes that fire.
“And that’s a big fire that he’s got burning because he is dominating this league right now and it’s awesome to watch. And I’m glad I get to watch it and I don’t have to try to combat it. He’s just an insanely strong human being. And it’s been fun to be here four years against him to see the growth, to see just his understanding of who he is as a player and creating that and just the constant development and growth he’s had to get to where it’s at this point.
“And for a guy just to continually show up here too, like this is where he’s going to be. He’s working out here, he’s rehabbing here. He knows it works. He trusts it; it just speaks volumes to the people we have in the training room in the strength room. We have the right people. We have people who are going to make a difference in your life if you let them. And then it just sends the message to the rest of the guys in the locker room that it works. You buy in, it works, and there’s a significant difference. And it goes back to that standard that we’re creating and changing and building here, and it’s been awesome to see him do his part in it.”