Ex-Charger Quentin Jammer says he played drunk multiple times in 2011
Longtime San Diego Chargers defensive back Quentin Jammer had a rough year in 2011.
On the field, he was having his worst statistical season after a decade in the NFL. Off the field, the father of three young sons was going through a painful divorce.
On Monday, Jammer made a revelation that shed light on just how dark those days were for him.
“True story… In 2011, I played completely drunk for at least 8 games,” Jammer wrote Monday night on X.
Naturally, fans had a lot of questions, and the Chargers’ 2002 first-round pick was happy to engage with many of them. He shared that he had “2 bottles of tequila in my bag” those days and that he was “drinking [the] the whole match and all the way home.
Did being drunk affect his game?
“I played well in all but one game,” said Jammer, who added that during this particular game, “I was out there seeing things…it wasn’t there!”
Jammer did not specify what game it was, but in the past he has called the Chargers’ 24-17 loss to the Oakland Raiders on Nov. 10, 2011, “probably the worst game of my life.” In that game, Jammer gave up 105 passing yards, including two long touchdown receptions to Raiders receiver Denarius Moore.
Overall in 2011, Jammer allowed six touchdowns, broke up only eight passes and allowed an average of 10.5 yards per pass attempt against him. He finished his 12-year career with 21 interceptions, but had none that season.
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When asked on X why he drank during games, the former Denver Broncos player replied, “Divorce man!”
He called it a “traumatic time” in his life. Although he didn’t say whether anyone on the Chargers knew what he was doing, Jammer said, “They knew what was going on in my life at the time.”
“Believe me, you all would have done the same thing 100%,” he wrote.
A June 2012 column written by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union Tribune spoke of Jammer’s “overall sadness” during the previous season. Although there was no mention of Jammer drinking during games, the article stated that “many nights he marinated his despair in alcohol.”
“I was going through a divorce,” Jammer told Acee. “It’s difficult to play football when you have so many things on your mind.”
He added: “It still hurts. The difference is I’m better.”
Jammer also seems to be doing well now. On Monday, when a commenter on
Returning to X on Tuesday morning, Jammer said talking about some of the low points in his life was part of his own healing process.
“I’m just spreading the negative messages to the world so this can’t continue. [to] “Consume me,” he wrote. “Embarrassing things should be shared so they have no power!”
