Sunday's rock bottom (we hope) performance by the Giants' offense puts an exclamation point on the failure of the Gettleman era's rebuild of the team on the offensive side of the ball. (And.
Landon Dickerson blew up my story idea.
I figured coming out of last week’s medical combine, finding a player most affected would be a smart play for this week’s GamePlan column getting a guy who’s going through and/or coming back from something serious, and has been hit particularly hard by the weird circumstances of 2021. And on paper, the two-time All-SEC linemen and winner of the Rimington Award, given annually to the nation’s best center, was perfect.
Dickerson blew out his ACL in the SEC title game in December, an injury that cost him the Sugar Bowl, playing for a national title and essentially any opportunity to show teams who he is physically ahead of the draft. I figured he’d at least have given himself a few days, or even a week or two, to grieve or feel sorry for himself. I figured wrong.
Meet the sons of former NFL players taking over the 2021 draft class
Want to feel old? The 2021 draft is filled with sons of NFL players you used to watch.
There’s a not-so-fun cycle of being a sports fan. As a kid, your idols are all adults viewed from far away, and serving as inspiration. The next jump happens in college, when suddenly players entering the league are your age, and it’s kind of neat. In your early twenties it’s still fun, and people slightly younger than you are becoming superstars.
The pivot begins in your late 20s. At this point you suffer the crippling weight of realization that players destined to be millionaires will be more financially successful than you ever will, and they’re a decade younger than you. Now, I’m reaching the final stage: Hilarity. This is when the players you watched as a kid have their own children entering the league. A grim realization of the unstoppable passage of time,
Former The Opening Final Standout Devonta Smith Wins Heisman
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In just one week, Devonta Smith has the opportunity to have two pieces of college football history hardware. Smith became the third Alabama player to win the Heisman Trophy and the first receiver in college football to do so since Desmond Howard in 1991.
Smith beat out three quarterbacks, including former National Champion Trevor Lawrence. It was his humility that stood out while accepting the award. Possibly because he still has a National Championship to compete for on Monday against Ohio State.