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Derwin James of the Chargers Is the Perfect New-Age NFL Defender

A mural of Derwin James is painted on a wall outside Baby Blues BBQ on busy Lincoln Boulevard in Venice Beach, California. Across the street is another mural, of Ronda Rousey. Around the corner is Gold's Gym, the place Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous. About a mile-and-a-half away is Muscle Beach.

There's no mistaking this is L.A.

Painted a month or so ago, the mural is about 15 feet high, maybe 20 feet wide, and shows James in his Chargers jersey, arms folded, coming out of a ROKiT phone.

The artist responsible for the mural, Jonas Never, is a Los Angeles native who also has done murals of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kirk Gibson, Fernando Valenzuela and Todd Gurley.