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Good insight, Lyman.

 

Patriots’ Bernard Reedy will return to $11 an hour job after the Super Bowl

Patriots backup wide receiver Bernard Reedy said before this season that he’ll never quit his $11 an hour job driving a van for people with disabilities, and he’s standing by that.

Reedy confirmed to ESPN this week that after the Super Bowl, he’ll be back in Florida working for Care Ride, the company that pays him $11 an hour to help people with disabilities get around.

“As soon as our offseason officially starts,” Reedy said, “I’ll be back at Care Ride when I’m able to. The work don’t stop. Everybody still needs help.”

Reedy has had an NFL career that’s seen him released and re-signed multiple times, so it’s been good for him to know he has another job. And he says even if he sticks around long enough in the NFL to become financially set for life, he’d keep doing it because he sees it as a service.

“I used to think about a lot of the people I would pick up and the situations that they [were] in and the stories I heard. Some of the stories, the normal average person wouldn’t believe, but that stuff’s true,” Reedy said. “It’s just ironic that I’ve had a job like that in the situation that I was in. To be around positivity and listen to people go through what I went through — I went through it sportswise and they went through it in life. It was tough to want to play and to want to be on somebody’s team and just [didn’t] get the break yet, but I also thought, ‘What about the people on life support? What about the people who can’t walk that want to walk again?’ That stuff’s way more serious than running around and playing football.”

Reedy has not played much for the Patriots since they picked him up after the Buccaneers cut him this season. But just by being on the team, he will make $112,000 if the Patriots win — more than 10,000 hours worth of work at $11 an hour. (PFT)
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I like this guy and I never heard of him till now.

 

Great post.

 

Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome to step down after 2018

An extremely successful era for the Baltimore Ravens is coming to an end.

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti announced Friday that long-time general manager Ozzie Newsome will step down after the 2018 season. Assistant general manager Eric DeCosta will take over.

Newsome, 61, will remain with the Ravens in some capacity.

"[Newsome] assured me he's not going anywhere and he will work with me and work with Eric for a smooth transition," Bisciotti said at his State of The Ravens press conference. "He will be the highest-paid scout in America when Eric takes over next year."

Newsome was named the Ravens general manager in 2002 and was the key architect of Baltimore's Super Bowl XXXV and Super Bowl XLVII championship teams.

After a 13-year playing career as a tight end in Cleveland, Newsome joined the Browns front office. When the team moved to Baltimore in 1996, Newsome followed as vice president of player personnel before being elevated to general manager in 2002. Newsome was the first African American general manager in the NFL.

Newsome is credited with building one of the best defenses in NFL history with the selections of Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Terrell Suggs, and Haloti Ngata. During his 22 seasons in charge of Ravens personnel, Newsome acquired 38 Pro Bowlers all 17 All-Pros. (NFL.com)

 

I couldn't believe that when I saw it. In all my years of watching Jeopardy! I've never seen an entire category where nobody even rang in on a single answer lol

 

Where’s Freddie Mitchell these days?

 

Damn it, wrong thread

 

Smoking rock

 

This was brought up a few days ago as a possible poll on an Eagles site:

Freddie Mitchell vs Torrey Smith. Dude that is a tough one. Skills arre there and here are flashes of clutch but a whole bunch of underwhelming and nothing all around.

 

Adrian Peterson says he can play 4 or 5 more years...

Not at the level he has recently, in my opinion.

 

If by recent you mean this year than sure he can. lol

 

Here is the list of winners from NFL Honors so far:

» Pepsi Rookie of the Year: New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara

» FedEx Air and Ground Players of the Year: Philadelphia Eagles QB Carson Wentz; Los Angeles Rams RB Todd Gurley

» Castrol Edge Clutch Performer of the Year: New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees

» AP Defensive Player of the Year: Los Angeles Rams DT Aaron Donald

» Salute To Service Award Presented by USAA: Atlanta Falcons WR Andre Roberts

» AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara

» AP Offensive Player of the Year: Los Angeles Rams RB Todd Gurley

» Game Changer Award presented by Secret: Sam Gordon

» AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: New Orleans Saints CB Marshon Lattimore

» Offensive Line of the Year: Philadelphia Eagles

» Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award: Carolina Panthers LB Luke Kuechly

» Bridgestone Elite Peformance Play of the Year: The Minnesota Miracle

» Greatness on the Road Award: Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson

» AP Coach of the Year: Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay

» AP Comeback Player of the Year: Los Angeles Chargers WR Keenan Allen

» AP Assistant Coach of the Year: Minnesota Vikings OC Pat Shurmur

 

Shesh no love for Hunt?

 

Doesn't appear to be...

Just 2 awards left... waiting to see who wins MVP.

 

MVP goes to Tom Brady.

 

Well obviously it's going to Tom. Only guys with a real chance got injured early. Watson would have killed it if he kept it u[ and Wentz missed MVP but that air player award is a nod that he may have been MVP if he wasn't hurt. I may be mistaken but an air or ground player usually gets MVP.

 

Gurley or Brady

 

Alan Page DT

Mark Mosley K

Lawrence Taylor OLB

Are the only players to win MVP to not play RB or QB.

 

I meant the air and ground award not being the mvp