Ben Mason doing Ben Mason things
Can he play DT?
We tried that one already. It didn’t exactly go well.
The dude has only one voice (LOUD) and only one speed (Plaid).
I think he's gonna find a nice role for himself in the league.
Agreed. a 10 year special teams standout.
A-Tisker a-Tasker did it for a long time.
I will now forever only state that I’m operating at the speed of plaid.
Seems way faster than the speed of toile.
Sounds made up... /s
No joke here, I used to work (in a factory) with a guy who was 5'6 160 lbs at best. He actually tried telling us that he had muscle reduction surgery and the reasoning for that was he was too strong to be allowed to roam freely. He made it to the Cowboys training camp and was kicked off for picking up 2 linebackers, wrapping each arm around their hips and squeezed so hard he crushed their hip bones. If you think I'm lying, trust me, I'm not that creative to make that up.
So what were they doing while this guy was crushing their hip bones? Yeah, I think you're exaggerating. Self preservation what make you pound the guy in the head if he were applying that much pressure while holding you. Crushing hip bones would take a little bit of time.
Apparently my incredulity did not come through in my post? I'm not making up what this guy said, but I am in agreement that its pretty clear he was making shit up.
pretty amazing story - seems like it'd be documented somewhere given how unusual it is and that he hurt 2 NFL players
Shit, this sounds like a potential future for my 4yo. He breaks absolutely everything. We call him Bam Bam, and it stopped being funny a long time ago. Perhaps I should have more sympathy for him.
Pics, or it didn’t happen.
To Bill Brasky!
I met a guy once who had fat dystrophy. It was the opposite of muscular dystrophy. He was born with a muscular build when he came out of the womb. He had ridges of muscle on top of his head when I met him. His twin brother was the same. They grew muscle without exercizing. He was being studied by scientists
Was his name Carl, lol?
Way OT, but If I gather you properly the "Cowboy" thing was not your story, but that you knew a guy who told a tall tale about the event. This gave me so many flashes to a guy I grew up with, and I know full well what it's like to experience such nonsense. All throughout elementary and through high school he couldn't resist telling the most unbelievable, insane fish stories. It started with mundane video game Easter eggs that only he could pull off, but not when asked to show us. Kicking a soccer ball so fast it started a fire and they had to put snow on it for an hour. Being ambushed by a kid leaping out of a tree at him as he was out walking and he grabbed him by the neck and held him to the tree and said "Why did you think you could beat me up?" Hottest girl in school came up to him and sat on his lap during lunch and asked him out. Worked at a fast food restaurant and a "hot girl" invited him to go skinny dipping at the window. In adulthood he played a pick-up, men's league ice hockey game with Red Wing Doug Brown. When the story was told he was still actively in the NHL and there was no way he was effing around with a beer league hockey in his free time. So many of them have been lost to time, and I wish I had written the comic where I wanted to enshrine these stories for eternity. One time he was delightfully caught in the act when he pulled out a golf trophy and started bragging about how he won it. His dad was standing behind him and said "No, that's my trophy". Then he replied "But we won it together right? It was a Father/Son tournament". The dad... "No, it wasn't".
Seems like he should dial it back. Skin on feet seems fairly important.
Or maybe get shoes that fit appropriately or reconsider his choice of socks. The skin didn't rip from his feet because he "worked too hard". There are plenty of people in the NFL that worked extremely hard in practice one day, then showed up the next day to do it again.
Not surprising since they announced the rookies would be forced to ride to camp in the Flinstones wagon.
Worse that the class elected to have Mason drive....must have had to apply the brakes often.
Once I was on my porch in my bare feet and a bottle got thrown at our house. I rushed after the car to chase it down. The effort taught me 3 lessons:
1. Skin IS important on feet, and can come off.
2. The bottle had NOT been thrown at our house, but was simply being discarded. (Recycled?)
3. Lesson #2 suggested that being a vigilante, even in a noble(ish) cause, is kinda stupid.
That doesn't sound very smart.
Remember when Ben was addressing the team in a motivational capacity when he started off by telling them that he made his bed that morning & then he drew a total blank?
Why doesn’t he wear shoes?
Wearing two pairs of socks can help with that...
When Mason retires from the NFL, can we find him a GA position under our S&C coach with the intent on him taking over eventually?
Didn't know he was so thin-skinned.
Committing stupid penalties while being forced to play the wrong position?
They'll be calling him Tenderfoot. Put money on it.
Seriously. My take away from this article is "already missing practice".
Coaches love someone who will practice and play hard for them.
I doubt coaches are very happy about someone who practices and plays themselves into being injured and unavailable.
I really hope Mason smashes faces in the league for a long time.