Chapter 21
He loved the feel of the football in his hands as he stood on the field in the late morning sun. “Wide receivers specialize in pass-catching. Our job is to run passes and get ourselves open and in position for the pass. Sometimes we need to be the block. Some people don’t think of wide receivers as being tough, but remember, kids, to play the position of wide receiver, we have to be tough.” He pointed to his head, taking in the eager eyes of the twenty kids watching him. How old were they, nine, ten? They were so young and impressionable, the second-grade class he was mentoring in gym, and he’d never felt so damn nervous.
“And it’s that toughness you need to have when you catch that ball across the middle.” He snapped his fingers and pointed out to the middle of the field, gri
