(S44) PT #2 - I Love You, Man

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In every sport, there's always a teammate (or even a player on another team) that always has your back and is considered a best friend. Who is that player? What made you become besties with them? What similarities do you have? Describe your friendship!

I feel like recently retired LB Spicy Ron was one of the touchstones of our defense, and someone that I always enjoyed chatting with in the locker room. Ron was always invested in the games and I could always count on Ron to be trying to do what was best of the team every game. I originally started in college and the DSFL playing defensive end, so I felt like we had some good notes to compare when it came to discussing defensive alignments and the like. ZKJ (Zamir Kehla Jr.) has also been on the team almost as long as I have, and while we're usually playing on opposite sides of the field and so it seems like we don't gat to work together there, we naturally spend a ton of time when the offense is out there and then doing prep during the week to figure out how we can best work on coverage and all that. For both of them, I really got to meet them first through being on the team and especially the continuity there, but I like to think we've grown both in respect and friendliness over the seasons.