{"id":60167,"date":"2020-09-04T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T01:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jets-center-connor-mcgovern-gets-work-ethic-from-potato-farm-roots\/"},"modified":"2020-09-04T04:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T01:27:00","slug":"jets-center-connor-mcgovern-gets-work-ethic-from-potato-farm-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jets-center-connor-mcgovern-gets-work-ethic-from-potato-farm-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jets center Connor McGovern gets work ethic from potato-farm roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jets center Connor McGovern gets work ethic from potato-farm roots<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 3, 2020 |<\/span> 9:27pm <\/p>\n

\n You could describe new Jets center Connor McGovern as a meat-and-potatoes guy, but put the emphasis on the potatoes.<\/p>\n

McGovern grew up in Fargo, N.D., with his family owning potato farms. He developed a work ethic that got him to the NFL while learning the family business.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to get up early and you never know what you\u2019re going to have to deal with that day when you\u2019re farming,\u201d McGovern said this week. \u201cIt\u2019s that work ethic of whatever is in front of you, whatever task you have that day, just attacking it and doing it to the best of your abilities, not being afraid to work hard. Those are definitely qualities that have helped me get here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is at the center of the Jets\u2019 rebuilt offensive line. He was signed to a three-year, $27 million contract as a free agent in March. The team is hoping he can stabilize a position that has been a revolving door since Nick Mangold was cut following the 2016 season.<\/p>\n

McGovern has played every position along the line over the course of his college and NFL career. But center is his favorite spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy having the little bit of control and making sure everyone\u2019s on the right page,\u201d McGovern said. \u201cI enjoy that mental aspect of it, making sure I have the right call. The mental side I really started enjoying in my later years in college.\u201d<\/p>\n

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McGovern knows most people\u2019s vision of Fargo comes from the movie or TV series<\/a> that bears its name. He laughs about that unflattering portrayal. McGovern is proud of his hometown and said he wants to raise his family there.<\/p>\n

Ron Offutt, McGovern\u2019s grandfather, started farming potatoes with his father in the early 1960s, and the company grew from there. Today, R.D. Offutt Farms produces more than 50,000 acres of potatoes every year. McGovern\u2019s father Keith is the company\u2019s president. McGovern was raised in his family\u2019s fields, riding the tractor, helping his father check the crops for disease and working in the family\u2019s truck store.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt keeps you humble,\u201d McGovern said of farming. \u201cYou have years where you have a fantastic crop and make a ton of money and life\u2019s good. A couple of months later you go to do your next crop and it doesn\u2019t turn out so well and you lose a bunch of money. You never can get too high or too low in farming. You never know what the next day is going to bring, what the next week is going to bring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farming was not the only thing he learned from his grandfather. Football was also in the family\u2019s blood. His grandfather played in college and his cousin briefly was on the Saints. McGovern picked up the game<\/a> when he was in fourth grade. The only problem was he weighed 150 pounds and the weight limit was 130. He spent the summer losing 20 pounds to play.<\/p>\n

McGovern would take up powerlifting under his dad\u2019s watch in the seventh grade. When he got to college at Missouri, he set the school\u2019s squat record with five reps of 690 pounds.<\/p>\n

The Broncos selected him in the fifth round of the 2016 draft. McGovern started 36 games in three years in Denver before hitting free agency in March.<\/p>\n

McGovern said he got a sense the Broncos were not interested in bringing him back unless it was on the cheap. When the Jets stepped in with their offer, McGovern grabbed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no hard feelings,\u201d McGovern said. \u201cI talked to [Broncos president John] Elway about it and he was like, \u2018that\u2019s not where I like to spend money.\u2019 He likes to spend money on guards and tackles. That\u2019s just how he likes to build a team. I didn\u2019t take it personally, by any means. I\u2019m extremely happ<\/a>y to be here. I appreciate that [Jets GM Joe Douglas] thinks center is an important spot and worth spending a little money on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-4, 305-pounder is now in the middle of the Jets offense, an offense he said this week he believes can be dangerous. That starts up front.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have the offensive line to really help Le\u2019Veon [Bell] and protect Sam [Darnold],\u201d McGovern said. \u201cA dangerous offense is a balanced offense and being unpredictable. I think that\u2019s what we\u2019ll have this year.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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