Titans quarterback Zach Mettenberger made a rookie mistake by drawing too much attention to himself on social media before his first start, and incurred the wrath of Texans defensive end J.J. Watt.
But Mettenberger said he’s gone cold turkey on taking selfies, in hopes of keeping a lower profile.
“I was just addicted to it I guess. I put myself in a rehab program,’' Mettenberger said, via Jim Wyatt of the Tennesseean. “And now that I’ve quit I feel like I am a much better person.”
Watt criticized Mettenberger for it after the game, and had his own selfie sack celebration during.
“It’s just kind of a reminder, this is the National Football League, not high school. Welcome to the show,” Watt said then. “I just, I take my job very seriously. If I was a rookie quarterback being named the starter for the first time in the league, I feel like I’d be a little bit more focused than that. Maybe he’ll learn from it, maybe not. We won the game, so that’s all that matters.”
On a conference call this week, Watt said he was surprised it got so much attention.
“I think that definitely got blown up more than I expected it to be. I guess I should have expected it with today’s world, but somebody asked me a question after the game and I answered it,’' Watt said. “That’s all there was to it. It’s football.”
Of course, Mettenberger might want to win a game before sending out any more selfies, since he hasn’t done that yet as a starter either.
