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08-17-2016 04:58 PM |
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This is Clayton, the disabled son of the gal I referenced in the "Happy GIF" thread.
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=301398
It ends up that not only are they going to both Denver games (they live in CO Springs), they got free tickets to the Tuesday practice in the VIP tent. They drove all night Monday to make the practice. Stayed the day and drove home. I was there as well.
They don't make much money, so as it turns out, this is the families Christmas gifts. Again, it floored me. I have known her since HS and never knew she was such a fan.
The practice personnel positioned us on the walkway back up the hill to the locker room. At the end of practice, the players would grab one of the kids and push them up the hill. The first player to come by was Marcus. All I can say about him is Wow! What a kid. He talked with Clayton and us for about 15 min. He is down to earth and is so excited. He said he was living a dream. I gave him a little crap about growing up a Raiders fan. He grinned (he grinned the whole time) and growing up he had always respected the Chiefs. He made the day quite special for Clayton.
We ended up getting most of the players autographs. So we met most of them. A really nice group of young men. They are HUGE. My friends other son was there and is 6'2". He looked kinda small. Of course I was a midget at 5'8". I have never been up close like that. I talked a bit with Mitch Schwartz about his book with his brother. Geoff played for us 2 yrs ago. I think I was remembering right and mentioned wouldn't be fun to play on the same team. He at guard and brother at tackle. He said yea, but they would probably fight too much. I asked Sherman how he likes playing FB. He loves steamrolling people. I think he is wider then he is tall. His arms are bigger then my thighs.
A couple of other observations. Santos is a stud. He kicked for 45 min straight. My leg would have fallen off. I think he only missed once. When he went over to practice with the rest of the team, he booted 2-3 of them so high and long that the dude who was on the 4 story elevated camera platform in the end zone caught them. Right in the numbers.
Towards the end of practice, the QBs came over to the west field (right in front of the VIP tent) and had a goal post competition: how many times can you hit the goal post at varying distances. It was pretty amazing how accurate all of them were. It reminded me of ~~Grbac that hit the goal post instead of the receiver during a game??
All said and done, a wonderful day. None better then for Clayton. The NFL and or the Chiefs can say they can do at least one thing awesome.
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