“My dream for a long time has been to play in the NFL, and for me mentally to define myself by one game wouldn’t be fair to the younger me watching me play football in the NFL,” Brosmer said. “I think it’s really difficult to be in that situation, to come out and continue to work and prepare the same way, because you look back and go, ‘Oh, do I have to change my preparation or tweak small things?’ That’s ultimately what you do, just tweak some really small things.
“The more you try to ‘fix’ issues and the bigger steps you try to take, that’s usually when you start to fall back a little bit,” he added. “I’ve had a great support system around me — the team, the staff, I’ve felt it the entire time through, and I’m just grateful to be here.”
Brosmer has the belief of his teammates as well as O’Connell, who noted his most recent performance and improvements in the short time following his debut.
“Everything was very sequenced up and timed up with his feet, and he had some really nice plays from the standpoint of progressions, finding completions here or there, and then obviously that massive third-down throw to Justin,” O’Connell said. “Great anticipation, great location, giving Justin a chance to go get it. It was a really cool thing, seeing a young player who had gotten a chance to play on the road previously and did some good things, learned a lot in that game, and then gets a chance to go back into that No. 2 role. And sometimes the best thing you can do is not get too much of a chance to think about it — put your helmet on and go out there, and he did a phenomenal job for us.”
Those who share a locker room, practice field and now a huddle with Brosmer have commented on his demeanor on game day.