In what may be my favorite news story ever, it turns out that Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha spent last season eating lunch alone in his car so that he could have “me time.” What the hell does that even mean? He’s not married, he doesn’t have any kids, he plays football for a living, so it’s not like he’s working 12-hour days in a coal mine or something. I really don’t see what’s occupying his time. This makes no sense. Did he get burned on his first day of practice and never socially recover? Was he fed up with nobody being able to pronounce his name? (Note: I would not be at all surprised if tomorrow ESPN reported something along the lines of “Asomugha’s car eating stems from Andy Reid consistently calling him Nadmi”)
I could be a good investigative journalist and actually do some research to figure this out. OR, and stick with me on this one, I could just list the five other NFL players I suspect of doing the same thing. Anyone have a problem with the latter? No?...
Found February 27, 2013 on
The Football Juice:
PLAYERS:
Nnamdi Asomugha,
Andy Reid,
Philip Rivers,
Norv Turner,
Jeromey Clary,
Alex Smith,
Colin Kaepernick,
Jim Harbaugh,
Ndamukong Suh,
Matt Birk,
Tim Tebow
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs
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