The elder does not believe that Father Time has reduced production last season. Lockett reiterated that he had sacrificed some production to improve the club.
“I understand the politics of the game, I sometimes understand that there are so many things you need as a receiver to work out you can get the ball,” he said. “But there is so much more that people do not see that a team needs and that a team needs, which is the lead role, or this selfless character, or different. Sometimes it is not about statistics, but it is about how you build each other up. So, for me, I sacrificed a lot of things last year (in Seattle)
Seahawks focused on getting former first player Jaxon Smith-Njigba more involved in last season and wanted to keep DK Metcalf happy. These plans could have come at the expense of Lockett.
The Wideout is not on its way to Tennessee to prove that he still has a juice or to achieve any major goals. He is the Titan to help Ward and others change the artless program into the winners.
“So come here, I know I can still play,” he said. “I think I don’t have to prove it to anyone. I just have to keep building a healthy way and don’t try to spend my time trying to make all these true people wrong, because sometimes it goes for you, and sometimes it just adds extra stress.”