{"id":101788,"date":"2023-02-11T14:42:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=101788"},"modified":"2023-02-11T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T04:23:48","slug":"watch-pigskin-perfection-raiders-quarterback-jarrett-stidham-builds-his-own-football-at-nfl-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/watch-pigskin-perfection-raiders-quarterback-jarrett-stidham-builds-his-own-football-at-nfl-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Pigskin perfection: Raiders quarterback Jarrett Stidham builds his own football at NFL Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By John Riker<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHOENIX \u2014 As a quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders, Jarrett Stidham has made a living out of gripping and ripping footballs. But before Friday afternoon, he had no idea of how NFL footballs are crafted. Stidham stopped by the Wilson exhibit at NFL Experience to see for himself how a football gets made and build a super souvenir of his own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pigskin perfection\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/798005377?h=f4b00f2068&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>TRANSCRIPT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>INTRO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Today\u2019s NFL players and coaches know plenty about the ins and outs of football. But how much do they know about the pigskin itself ahead of the big game on Sunday? Raiders quarterback Jarrett Stidham went behind the scenes at NFL Experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WILSON EMPLOYEE #1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> How are you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STIDHAM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WILSON EMPLOYEE #1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: So what I do is I sew together NFL footballs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[SEWING MACHINE TURNS ON]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>V\/O:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The journey begins with sewing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>V\/O:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In the opening stages, Stidham gives the football a personal touch with an autograph to commemorate the moment, before the ball is turned inside out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WILSON EMPLOYEE #1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So you just don\u2019t think about it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STIDHAM:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah, I don\u2019t think about it at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WILSON EMPLOYEE #2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You\u2019re right-handed, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STIDHAM:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WILSON EMPLOYEE #2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So you put your left hand in there \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STIDHAM:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I want to see the pro do it. I need to see the pro do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[EMPLOYEE OPENS THE FOOTBALL]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STIDHAM:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Wow. Just like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>V\/O:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At last, Stidham\u2019s football starts to look the part. Next comes another iconic feature \u2014 the laces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STIDHAM:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I like for it to be skinny, like skinnier, and pointy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>V\/O:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stidham entered the league as Tom Brady\u2019s backup in 2019. Now, it\u2019s time to inflate the football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[EMPLOYEE PLACES THE FOOTBALL IN INFLATION MACHINE]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>V\/O:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Finally, the football is all ready for Stidham to grip it and rip it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>STIDHAM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Just to be able to grab it and throw it, for us is \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WILSON EMPLOYEE #3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Especially when you have those big defensive linemen coming after you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>V\/O:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> While Stidham\u2019s Raiders fell well short of the Super Bowl, the Las Vegas QB came out of Super Bowl week with new insights and a super souvenir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>TAG:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Reporting from downtown Phoenix, John Riker, Medill Reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Riker is a Sports Media graduate student at Medill. You can follow him on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JhnRiker\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Riker Medill Reports PHOENIX \u2014 As a quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders, Jarrett Stidham has made a living out of gripping and ripping footballs. But before Friday afternoon, he had no idea of how NFL footballs are crafted. 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