Jason McCourty had no shortage of chapters during his journeyman career in the NFL. There were the highs: his breakout seasons with the Tennessee Titans and a Super Bowl ring with the New England Patriots. There were the lows: an 0-16 season with the Cleveland Browns.
So McCourty dissected that career during a recent interview with Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer. He explained why Nashville — after playing there for eight years — would always be home. But he had more fun with the Patriots.
“As any kid can imagine, you have a sibling that’s close in age, let alone an identical twin, and you got to play together and win the Super Bowl together like that. That’s a storybook ending,” McCourty told Breer. “So that was the most fun. But Tennessee is home. If somebody asked me, I’m a Titan. Tennessee was eight seasons, had to endure a lot of losing but felt like we were putting bricks in that building. I got married in Tennessee, had all three of my kids, so that’s home. But Tennessee and New England, those are the two places for me. One was home. One was the most fun I’ve had playing football.”
McCourty logged a game-saving pass breakup during Super Bowl LIII when the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams. Former Rams quarterback Jared Goff lofted a floaty pass over the middle to receiver Brandin Cooks, who was standing in the middle of the endzone. But McCourty flew across the field to stop what would’ve been the game’s first touchdown.
This hurt. Bad. pic.twitter.com/Dz8ScKQUNb
— Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) February 4, 2019
McCourty cemented his legacy on a team where his twin brother Devin had no shortage of similarly epic moments.
