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There’s always energy in the bench press room at the NFL scouting combine when players grip the crossbar and begin pumping the 225 pounds of free weights as everybody nearby counts the repetitions.

But never like this.

Even Shaquem Griffin Miles Boykin Jersey , the one-handed do-it-all defender from Central Florida and a late invitee to the combine, didn’t expect to do what he did Saturday with his prosthetic left hand .

His personal max was 11 reps, but he had a much more modest benchmark in mind here.

”My goal was six,” Griffin acknowledged.

Griffin clipped his prosthetic hand onto the bar, then leaned back.

This wasn’t his brother spotting him – the one who he was sure used to surreptitiously help him – but this new spotter was hyping him up and the crowd joined in as did his fellow linebacker prospects.

”Everybody in the stands was hyping me up. I got the guys I’m here with hyping me up. It felt amazing,” Griffin said. ”I was ready to go. I was ready to attack it.”

His chest heaved.

And the counting began.

One, two, three.

”I said, this thing feels like 135. Let’s go!” Griffin recounted. ”And I just started cranking them out.”

Four, five, six.

That was easy.

Seven, eight, nine.

The crowd was hollering by now.

Ten, 11 – this was his personal best.

Twelve.

A new high.

Thirteen … 14 … 15 … 16.

The crowd was roaring is disbelief.

Seventeen.

Can this really be happening?

Eighteen!

That’s one more than his twin brother, Shaquille, managed at last year’s combine before the Seattle Seahawks selected the speedy cornerback in the third round of the NFL draft.

Nineteen!

One more … 20!

”I got chill bumps watching him do 20 reps,” said NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock. ”I literally choked up a little bit watching him do that and I can’t wait to watch him tomorrow.”

On Sunday, Griffin will run the 40-yard dash, do some quickness drills and some on-field testing at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Griffin was 4 years old when doctors amputated his left hand a day after his mother found him in the kitchen attempting to cut off his jelly-like fingers, which were in scorching pain whenever he touched anything, the result of amniotic band syndrome, a congenital birth defect.

Despite having just one hand, he kept up with his twin brother on and off the field.

As dozens of reporters and photographers gathered around him Saturday, Griffin said http://www.packerscheapshoponline.com/cheap-authentic-darnell-savage-jr.-jersey , ”I thought I was going to walk over here and it was going to be like three people.”

Not after becoming the best feel-good story of the combine so far – and by far.

”It was amazing, hearing the crowd and having the juices flowing, I mean I felt it,” Griffin said. ”I didn’t know I had it in me.”

Griffin said he’s mind-set is he always has to do more than those around him to impress coaches.

”I always hold myself to a higher standard than a lot of people just because if we’re running drills, if I drop a ball, they’re going to like, `Well, he dropped the ball because he has one hand.’ If anybody else drops a ball, they’re going to be like, `Well, maybe it was a bad ball,”’ Griffin said.

As a freshman, he couldn’t even lift the 45-pound bar, but then he was fitted with the pros ethic and his mom cried when he did his first pull-up.

”It’s amazing to see how far I’ve come from not being able to bench the bar to throwing up 20 reps of 225 and being able to compete with the best here,” said Griffin, the 2017 American Athletic Conference defensive player of the year.

Griffin, who played D-line, linebacker and safety at the Senior Bowl, said he’s going to try to join the defensive back drills Sunday after doing his work with the linebackers.

”I feel like I could just start curling 225 right now and I’m pretty sure come tomorrow, it’s going to be adrenalin just going crazy. I’m excited about tomorrow. If I feel this good doing the bench press, I can’t wait to see how I am tomorrow.”

Griffin said he hopes he’s an inspiration to kids everywhere.

”If I can inspire one, and they can inspire another and (soon we’ll) inspire a thousand,” Griffin said.

As evidenced by the way they were cheering him on in the bench press, he’s inspiring his fellow draft prospects at the combine.

”That’s kind of cool when you have guys at that top level http://www.ravensauthorizedshops.com/authentic-justice-hill-jersey , the best of the best, and they come and talk to you about you motivating them and inspiring them,” Griffin said. ”I feel really good hearing that from them. It motivates me to do more and keep pushing when you’ve got guys all over the place, the top in the country, and they’re proud of me.

”That was an amazing feeling, and it makes you enjoy it that much more.”

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Last year, Jameis Winston came to Arizona and had a very long afternoon.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-2) return to the desert on Sunday, where they will see Adrian Peterson, of all people, glaring at them from the Cardinals’ backfield.Winston threw four interceptions in Arizona last year in Tampa Bay’s 41-7 loss.“Well you see what they did to us last year,” wide receiver Mike Evans said. “They stomped us out last year. They bring a lot of pressure and a lot of man coverage on the back end. We’ve just got to be real physical as receivers and tight ends. We’ve got to be real physical and get open.”Tampa Bay coach Dirk Koetter said that last year the Cardinals “physically beat us and took advantage of all of our mistakes.”The Cardinals expect an improved, confident Winston on Sunday.“He’s matured as a leader, as a captain of that team,” Arizona cornerback Patrick Peterson said. “You can tell that they gave him the keys to the car.”Winston faces an Arizona defense that was carved apart by Carson Wentz in a 34-7 loss at Philadelphia last Sunday.The offense for Arizona (2-3), was equally inept, particularly on the ground, where the Cardinals are averaging a league-worst 2.6 yards per carry.Enter Peterson, the four-time All-Pro running back who was languishing on the sidelines as the third-string running back in New Orleans. Arizona acquired the 32-year-old back this week in exchange for an undisclosed draft choice.Peterson will have had only three practices when he takes the field as the Cardinals’ lead back Sunday.“He’ll have his role,” Arizona coach Bruce Arians said.Peterson said he’s ready to play and insists he still has it despite his unimpressive few games with the Saints.Running the ball with a new team, Peterson said, is “pretty much easy.”“I feel like any system is about being on the same page with the offensive line,” he said, “knowing your assignments Ben Powers Jersey , knowing the route you have with protections to make sure you keep the quarterback upright. That’s going to be the toughest challenge for me.”Here are some things to consider when the Buccaneers meet the Cardinals:ENERGY BOOST: The acquisition of a player of Peterson’s stature has provided an emotional boost to a team trying to shake off an ugly loss.“Anytime you bring a guy in of that caliber there’s going some kind of excitement,” safety Tyrann Mathieu said. “We haven’t had much excitement the first five games of the season.”STRIVING FOR BALANCE: With RB Doug Martin back on the field, the Buccaneers hope to ease some of the burden on Winston by becoming more balanced on offense.Martin returned from a suspension for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancers last week, averaging 5.7 yards per carry on 13 attempts and scoring one TD during a 19-14 loss to New England.Two years ago, he was the NFL’s second-leading rusher behind, well, Adrian Peterson.“At our core, we’d love to be 50-50 on run downs. Balance is the hardest thing to defend,” Koetter said. “If you’re running the football, your play-action game opens up. It slows down their pressures. I think every team is like that.”ARIZONA’S DEFENSE: Mathieu said Cardinals defenders still consider themselves among the league’s best despite some ineffective play.“I don’t think it really puts a dent in our armor, who we think we are,” he said. “I think we’ll be all right.”Winston is very familiar with what Arizona does.“I think it all starts with their rush. They’ve got some good guys up front,” he said. “They get a good rush on you. Patrick Peterson (is) arguably one of the best corners in the league and (Justin) Bethel, he is a great corner, too, but I think we match up well with those guys.”THIRD DOWNS: Arizona has been awful on third-down defense and it was especially bad against the Eagles.Philadelphia was 9 of 14 on third-down opportunities, including Wentz’s 79-yard touchdown pass on third-and-19.TOYS: With Martin back, Winston has a wide array of options when he passes the ball, including Evans and his fellow wide receiver DeSean Jackson, and tight end Cameron Brate.“Our hands are definitely full,” Patrick Peterson said. “Jameis has a lot of toys to play with.”