So who are the down to earth players?

A few years ago I went to a Jets Titans Monday night football game in NY, and stayed in the hotel the players stayed in. Jeff Fisher was coming from the gym and I got a few pictures with him and talked for a few minutes...but I hung out with Drew Bennett and his girlfriend in the hotel bar for a bit. Real down to earth and an awesome dude.

 

wasn't he the Euro kicker guy. Seems there was a bunch of ESL people on here following him.

 

Believe it or not, Finnegan is actually pretty cool off the field. You can find videos on YouTube of him being goofy or chilled or taking the time to hang out with little kids and signing autographs.

Here's him singing karaoke at a benefit for leukemia event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI94LdrzSNU&feature=related

 

I have an odd history with Titans QB's...

I met Vince at Vanderbilt's graduation 2 years ago. A girl wearing high heels tripped and fell and Vince and I helped her up to her feet. Imagine my surprise when I see VY helping this chick up with me. She had no idea who he was. Vince looked at me and said "She just bit it" and I said "Yep. Totally".

A week to the day before Steve McNair's death I was standing outside of my work, smoking a cigarette. Steve's non-profit was on the same floor as my work but I never thought I'd actually see him. ANYWAYS...so I'm smoking my cigarette and blow the smoke out...enter McNair.

He walked RIGHT THROUGH this HUGE cloud of my cigarette smoke and looked right at me. I honestly thought he was going to hit me. RIP, Steve...thanks for not hitting me.

 

The nicest I ever met was Warren Moon. I used to work for Disney and he always came for ESPN weekends. on my day off I went to studios to finally get my Moon jersey signed personally. I was the only one in the crowd wearing a Titans hat and his Oiler Jersey. I actually caught up with him and his tour guide and tried to get his auto but he had a show to do, but he promised me he would sign after the show. I waited the whole hour for him to finish and as he walked out of the show, a whole group gathered in front of him and i thought he would never sign my jersey at that point but to my suprise he told people to hold on a second and kinda pushed people away and came up to me to sign my jersey. I talked to him for like a minute and I thanked him for signing my jersey and that it meant a lot. He then thanked me for being a fan which was a shock to me. It was a very humble experience that I will never forget and now my moon jersey is signed and framed in my room!

 

I'm not a Moon fan but that was a good story