I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccck!!! What's Up Yard! Tell me what's On your Mind!

What up guys and gals I've been busy renovating my home! Its been a long and expensive process so I took a break from blogging to earn a little sweat equity! Renovating a home can be very time consuming.

I know its been a crazy football season thus far, so.... tell me, what's been on your mind? Do you guys have any questions? Please ask me anything! Right now the N.O. Saints are the best team in football. They have my vote for a super bowl run this year.

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My 1st Workout!

Whats up yard I told you guys that I would keep you informed with my where abouts and actions so here it goes. Every morning at 10 a.m. my wife and I work out together at Body Sculptor Gym in Buckhead, Ga.( www.bodysculptorinc.com for those of you who want to check it out. They get the job done there!!) On Friday morning I had a 10:15 Radio interview which delayed my workout drasticly! Sitting in Body Sculptor's parking lot I recieve another phone call from my agent telling me the Saints are on the phone and they wanna fly me in for a workout today! My wife immediately starts to tear up as I told my agent send me the flight info I'm ready! Hell at this point I'm ready for anything. Then the Saints called me and gave me the down low. At this point now my wife can't stop tearing, as she wipe her tears they steadily flow. She was crying like I just got drafted. LOL. This is one of those reasons why everyone should get married. See as my wife she has to deal with my highs and my lows, my sadness and my happiness. So she seen what this injury/free-agency has done to me. It has not been pretty. This is what being married is all about. It's a blessing to have someone more happy for you than you are. She knows me and she knows that when I'm motivated about something I go harder than ever. Well to make a long story short I flew to New Orleans that afternoon and worked out the next morning. NFL workouts are insane. The entire coaching staff, the scouts, trainers etc; all come out and watch your every move! With so many eyes on you its very hard not to be nervous. But for some reason I wasn't nervous at all. I felt as though I would be the TE they would pick. It was 4 of us, 2 from Denver, 1 from Greenbay and myself, the X Raven. Well I left New Orleans that day feeling confident, feeling like I crushed the workout. The only thing is is that I didn't get signed... no they didn't sign me. I guess I wasn't what they were looking for. I wasn't that perfect fit, or maybe its the toe surgery, or the hand surgery, or maybe it's my age. I honestly don't know. Man I must admit sometimes my career really, truely sucks. Well I guess its back to the drawing board. Im still waking up every morning and working out.

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Today we must get better

Sitting back watching all the preseason games go by I must admit that it sucks! Last year this time I was still rehabbing from a very extensive toe surgery and I worried that I may not be able to come back from it. Well here I am a whole season and 3 playoff games later sitting and watching. Time is a 'mutha'! As a seasoned veteran in the NFL it seems as though I must have done something extremely wrong. I know this league is like any other job. If you piss the wrong person off you may never work again in this league. Hhhmmm, maybe I pissed someone off...maybe I did just that! As I sit and watch I KNOW I can still play! I know I can make things happen on the field! Hell I still wanna play! I try to prepare myself daily for my next opportunity to step back on the field! In the meantime I try to find ways to keep myself busy by doing radio shows, TV shows, community work, volunteering, working out, being a daddy and a husband and at the same time renovating our home. Even with things not being exactly how I want them I'm still not worried because I know God has a plan for me! It amazes me to see people that think they have life all figured out. God can throw a curve ball at them at any moment. In relation to football I say that because sometimes coaches get caught up in making it personal with players and having favorites. God does not choose favorites he allows us to bury ourselves. People cannot control other peoples' fate no matter how much they think they can. There is a higher power! Wake up every morning remind yourself of that and tell yourself "today I must get better" and then spend each day doing just that!

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Bring On The Questions? I Have The Answers!

What's up Yardbarkers? I know you all are probably saying its been a while since I came on and wrote a blog. Honestly I didn't wanna waste anyone's time with my boring everyday activities. You know, working out, grocery shopping, finishing up school, being a daddy and a husband, community work, etc... So I decided to answer your questions this time around. Since I am sitting out right now, not playing and just watching training camp this year I seem to have a lot of time on my hands. So please feel free to ask me your deepest questions and thoughts about the NFL and what we do! Football has been a huge part of my life since I was 5 and its not gonna stop now... Feel free to ask me anything and I will do my best to answer your thoughts as clear and as honest as possible!

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"Life Is Amazing, But sometimes we take it for granted"

What's up Yardbarkers!!! I wanna share some pics with you guys! Yeah they are funny and yeah I came a long way, but I know in actuality we all did. I stumbled across some old pics the other day and it got me to thinking about life. Way too often I think we take for granted how blessed we are to have life. Life is a gift, a blessing and an experience that is incredible and so unbelievable. We grow taller, bigger, wider, smarter all as we get older on this earth. Life gives us the opportunity to experience so many things. We have 5 amazing senses... touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight. Those senses take our lives to a whole other level! We take life for granted sometimes and its truely sad! We are constantly doing things to hurt other people! Today a man stole a car at a local Wal-Mart in Atlanta. The car had a small child inside! A woman shopping at Wal-mart came out the store with her shopping cart and her child. She placed her child into the car first and then proceeded to load her car with bags. As she was doing this a guy jumped into her car and sped off with the small child inside the car! Now me being a father of a 4 year old this scares me! My wife goes to that store all the time with my son by themselves. This makes me never want to let her go anywhere by herself again. It scares me to think that this could've been my wife and son! Life is way too precious and valuable to just take it away from someone! Atlanta's crime rate has been growing for the last 4 years. It's insane! I grew up in Decatur, GA and I had a lot of situations that made me think I wouldn't see 21! I thank God every day for life... My wife and my son remind me everyday just how wonderful life really is. I see me in my son everyday! I grew up loving sports and my son is the same way. The kid will not put down a football or a basketball! He's a very smart kid and its amazing to me how fast he picks up on things! The older he gets he just makes daddy want to protect him more and more. We have to do better with our world so that our kids are safer than we ever were! So Yardbarkers lets not take life for granted and do better by our families and enjoy and appreciate each day like it could be our last! I want my son to grow taller, stronger, smarter, better and older. He deserves a chance at life! He deserves a chance to live. We all want better for our kids than what we had growing up. I want that for mine and I know you want that for yours. God Bless!

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