Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Lousy Game....but

That won't stop me from finding some good out of it all.

Last week, I talked of how deserving Bruce was to retire a Ram, be in the Hall of Fame and how he garnered respect.

Well, after watching this weeks game, I think it's in order to give kudos to Torry Holt.

Not only did this game give him his 8th straight season with 1,000+ yards moving him to the 3rd in NFL history to have so many, but this game also highlighted his class.

How horrible it must have been for poor Brock Berlin, just taken off the practice squad, didn't receive reps in practice and had never taken a single NFL snap in his life, to be put out on the field, in enemy territory, under such adverse weather conditions, to have his coach have him start the game off with "airing it out". That's a lot to expect from someone so inexperienced.

But if you watched Torry closely on the field that day, you'd have seen a guy, who knew what this poor kid was going through and he went out of his way to try and catch even the worst passes thrown anywhere in his direction. He did everything in his power to try and help this poor guy out. Sure, isn't that what a receiver is suppose to do every week for any QB? Yes, it is, but you could see Torry was going beyond the call of duty.

But the best part of it all, was at the end of the game when Torry went up behind Berlin, tugged on his jersey and game him a hug.

Now, that's a class act!!

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