The National Football League makes it's 2017 presentation today around evening time with the yearly Hall Of Fame Game at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio. Kickoff is 7:00 PM focal.
The current year's amusement respects the HOF Class of 2017, which comprises of kicker Morten Andersen; running back Terrell Davis; wellbeing Kenny Easley; proprietor, president and general supervisor Jerry Jones; cautious end Jason Taylor; running back LaDainian Tomlinson; and quarterback Kurt Warner.
While there are no Bears on the rundown, there are large portions of our previous adversaries being respected.
Living in Missouri in the Rams territory, I saw a ton of Kurt Warner on TV amid the Greatest Show On Turf time. I shrouded Rams camp in close-by Macomb, Illinois for a few diverse nearby daily papers, and Warner was unquestionably a fan most loved for something other than his on field execution.
A decent companion of mine common this story with me, and I thought today would be a suitable time to pass it along to you. Remember when you are understanding it that the fan encounters at NFL preparing camps are considerably more open and welcoming today than they were 20 years prior.
"I took my young men to Rams camp in Macomb (Western Illinois University) in the late spring of 2000, the late spring after they won the Super Bowl," my companion let me know. " Warner a BIG STAR by that point. We went to evening practice which were two-a-days at the time."
"It was HOT," he proceeded. "August in Missouri is HOT and HUMID, hopeless. My young men were 8 and 6 and obviously Kurt Warner was their saint. Alongside Faulk and Bruce and Holt yet Warner was the man."
"We persevered through several hours of training. HOT. Young men had purchased footballs and would have liked to get signatures," he said. "I conversed with a few people who revealed to us where to stand that the players may stroll by and sign after training so we did. A portion of the players strolled by however none of the stars.....they huge names all slipped around a back approach to keep away from the line of fans on the front course. So my young men were baffled in that."
"We'd remained around in the hot sun for two or three hours and no nearby experiences with the stars. Heads dropped, shoulders drooped, we at last surrendered and began to stroll to the auto. A security fellow saw them and came up and revealed to me that if my young men needed his signature, Kurt Warner generally turned out after he appeared and set up a table and seat in a specific shady spot.
"I can't guarantee he'll do it today," the security fellow told my companion, "however he ordinarily does as such on the off chance that I were you, I'd simply go stand directly over yonder and hold up a couple of minutes to see."
"In this way, we did."
"Beyond any doubt enough, in around 15 minutes, here comes Warner. A since quite a while ago lined immediately shaped however we were at the exceptionally front of the line because of our "tip" from the security fellow."
"Warner had experienced two practices on a hopeless hot day sincerely busy preparing camp, yet he wore an enormous grin and connected with the children," my companion said. "He passed out football cards with his signature and marked the young men footballs, and welcomed them to come remain by her for a photograph which I readily took. Heads up, shoulders un-drooped."
"It was one of the best days in their young lives. Great recollections there."
These players should be revered in the NFL Hall Of Fame, however here in Missouri we are giving a unique yell out to Kurt Warner... one of the great folks...
