GREEN BAY – The tackle bent Aaron Jones backward and injured him too.
This was midseason, another loss on the road, the seams of the season
starting to unravel, and Jones felt the pain reverberate throughout his
body while his teammates pleaded for a penalty flag that would never
fly. The running back staggered to his feet on an ankle that would soon require a walking boot, and uncharacteristically bypassed the emotions of frustration right to fury.
“Cussing and cursing at the refs,” he said, softly.
Normal, acceptable, to you and me, maybe. But this is Aaron Jones, sunshine in a Sombrero. So 15 seconds later, with everyone else on the field back to thinking of ways to destroy one another, Jones approached the referee:
“Excuse me, ref, I want to apologize to you. I understand people miss calls; you’re human. But I apologize.”...
“Cussing and cursing at the refs,” he said, softly.
Normal, acceptable, to you and me, maybe. But this is Aaron Jones, sunshine in a Sombrero. So 15 seconds later, with everyone else on the field back to thinking of ways to destroy one another, Jones approached the referee:
“Excuse me, ref, I want to apologize to you. I understand people miss calls; you’re human. But I apologize.”...
“Life works better when you work as a team, whether it`s your family or your friends or your resources. When my parents put me in an environment like that, you start to learn not to take things for granted. You have those conversations with your parents and they say, ‘this is why we brought you here. You’re blessed. And when you’re blessed, you return the favor.’”
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