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Video: Patrick Willis ESPN E:60 segment tells story of one of the NFL’s most remarkable, impressive men

Found January 15, 2012 on Midwest Sports Fans: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Yesterday, Patrick Willis played in the first playoff game of his sterling 5-year NFL career. He also won the first playoff game of his career, helping to lead a mostly great defensive effort in the 49ers’ 36-32 victory, in what I think was the perfect football game in today’s day and age. When I woke this morning, still beaming from last night’s win, I flipped on the TV and immediately saw Willis’ face as he described to Jeffry Chadiha on a segment of ESPN’s great show E:60 the harrowing details of growing up with his brothers and sisters in an abusive house with his drug-addicted father. I’d never seen the entire segment, so I sat and watched it and. I definitely teared up a bit at certain points hearing what Willis went through, and the incredible character and maturity it took to overcome it. You can’t not root for Willis. Watch if you haven’t see this and you’ll see why. NFL players get a bad rap for not always being the ...
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