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Oldie but goodie

I think I posted this video before.  We were on a road trip to Denver to play the Broncos.  A big storm had hit so we left on a Friday instead of our normal Saturday.  I actually had more footage but it was lost when I switched cameras.  Check out the funny moment at the 5:20 mark.  

JTV Denver from john thornton on Vimeo.

I don't understand it

Former NFL star Jamal Anderson was recently arrested for drug possession at a Atlanta bar.  When I read the headline on the Internet, I said "COME ON MAN!"  Last week while I was in Las Vegas, I was watching ESPN in my hotel room and Jamal was on TV.  I thought to myself, "that's cool,  he has a cool job, I'm happy for him."  Let me be the first to say, never believe everything you read.  I have seen people get accused of something and a few weeks later we find out that the story was different than first reported.  Many of my teammates(WVU, Titans, Bengals) over the years have been involved in situations where they were on the wrong side of the law.  So I will say Jamal is innocent until proven guilty.  

Saturday Night at the Movies

He's Just Not That Into You is a good movie.  I went into it thinking it would be a chick flick but it ended up being a movie that men and women will like.  Fellas go check it out.

Sorry about my previous video not playing.  I will repost tomorrow.  Something is wrong with my internet connection tonight.  

Mailbag

From David,

"John can you blog about what some of the emotions and the thought process a player goes through. Especially if they are attached to a city and there team isn't showing them the respect the deserve. Also when you make a decision to go a team is it just about the money or are you thinking about your kids and there schools, your wife friends, etc. . . We as fans forget that you are people just like us. And that you have a very limited amount of time to make a great deal of money, that in my job if I make a mistake maybe 3 people know it not 30 million. I really enjoy your blog because you make football players humans instead of just machines."

David,

Free agency is different for each player.  I can only speak for myself but I know what usually happens.  When a player is coming off of his rookie contract, money is the most important thing.  Even though rookie deals are good money, they are not enough to live the rest of your life off of, unless you are a top ten pick or something.  I was a second round pick so I wanted my next contract be the one that determined my financial future.  I didn't know what my value would be on the open market so i had no idea what to expect.  The Titans had players behind me that were pretty good(Robaire Smith and 

Albert Haynesworth) so I knew they weren't going to match any offer that I got from another team.  So I went into free agency feeling like I was blind folded. 

Getting ripped!!!

I wasn't lying about going to workout.  I go to this little gym near my house during the off season, they have pretty good workouts. One on one work, not a lot of traffic.  

New blog coming

I'm still in the lab working out the kinks on my new blog.  It should be ready in a few days.  If you come to this site it will redirect you to the other one.  Thanks for reading.  If there is something you want me to cover, just email me or leave it in the comments.