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Found December 14, 2012 on The Victory Formation: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Donnie Jones
TEAMS: Houston Texans
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The age-old question has been brought up once again, this time by an actual punter. Houston Texans punter Donnie Jones injured himself during the Monday Night game against the Patroits, and had this to say about the injury: “‘I told those guys, I said, ‘Look, you guys are NFL football players, I’m not,’ Jones said, [...]
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