GL Pod: Khari Blasingame and the art of making yourself indispensable
He was ready to coast into retirement. This is often how it ends for players.
Cut loose by a floundering Chicago Bears team, Khari Blasingame had his second baby due soon and was visiting his wife’s family in South Carolina. Mentally, he was ready to move on. The NFL appeared ready to move on from him.
And then his agent, Blake Baratz, called: “Hey man, you want to go win a ring with Philly?”
Blasingame carved out a niche on the Philadelphia Eagles and experienced Super Bowl glory inside the Superdome.
The last 20 years, we’ve been told the fullback is dying. True, the days of Lorenzo Neal…
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