Clearly -- and especially in this day of instant Internet reactions -- Josh Rosen is a lightning rod. It wasn't hard to notice from afar pre-draft when the quarterback was just a potential NFL player, but it's a lot easier after the Cardinals drafted him. The emotions he apparently stirs, for fans everywhere but notably for fans of teams for which Rosen does not play, are oddly strong. (And often having nothing to do with football.)

It's not difficult to find this stuff, and you'd think for a 21-year-old, it would weigh on him. But Rosen insists it does not, and he sounds genuine when he says that.

"You ignore it," Rosen said. "It's not that hard. It's only hard if you make it hard. If you are Googling your name every other day and reaching out to people, yeah, you can make it hard for yourself. But as far as I know, if you keep your phone limited to messages and calls, don't read too much (you're OK.) The only thing that really matters is the guys in the building (at the Cardinals' complex). That's where I am trying to keep it right now."

Rosen said he got to this point mentally because of a lot of "awesome mentors," both former and current NFL players who have provided advice -- whether they were guys who have always handled that part of the gig well, or even guys who might've handled it poorly and now have advice on how to do it better.

"I'm not going to say who," Rosen said, "but thank you to all you guys."