Some folks are just not morning people. It takes them longer to greet the day, and when they do, it can be a pretty grumpy experience.
While Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Trey Palmer seems to be one of those people, there’s a bit of a mixed message here. When the sixth-round rookie from LSU by way of Nebraska wakes up pissed off, it’s usually a good thing for Palmer and his team. And yes, Palmer apparently woke up that way on Sunday morning, just in time for the Bucs’ divisional-round playoff game against the Detroit Lions.
I woke up pissed off like a mf !!!!!
— Trey Palmer (@treythekiid3) January 21, 2024
Why, you may ask, is this important? Because when Palmer wakes up that way, he scores touchdowns. Like, a lot of them.
Before last week (maybe a bit of a heat check), Trey Palmer has scored a TD every time he's woken up pissed off.
11/19/22 (NCAAF) – 4 receptions, 47 yards, 2 touchdowns
11/25/22 – 9/165/2 👀
10/1/23 (NFL) – 2/6/1
12/31/23 – 4/84/1
+450 ATD odds, +2000 first TD#pissedoff… pic.twitter.com/b7K7Pm74E6
— Dan Gaspar (@MrTuttle05) January 15, 2024
Palmer was suitably pissed off on September 10 to catch a seven-yard touchdown in his regular-season debut against the Minnesota Vikings.
The next personification of Palmer’s morning mood came on October 1. Then, he caught this one-yard touchdown pass against the New Orleans Saints.
As Palmer went through his first NFL regular season, he became more of a vertical threat, but that didn’t make him any happier as the sun came up. So, we had this 22-yard slot post touchdown against the Saints in Week 17…
…and this 56-yard hammer against the Philadelphia Eagles in the wild-card round. Palmer looked especially pissed off on this one.
Now, when the Bucs and Lions faced off in Week 6, Palmer had a real shot at another deep touchdown — he had beaten safety Kerby Joseph on an even deeper slot post than the one he had against the Saints — but Baker Mayfield overthrew it.
The Bucs lost 20-6, and if there’s a similar result this time, Palmer’s anger may be more than a social media construct. Anyway, watch out, Lions. Trey Palmer is back, and he’s in his usual bad mood.
