So I've been dragging my kids to sports bars to watch Bills games since before they could walk, and they're both growing up solid Buffalo fans.
This past Spring, my younger one surprised me by telling me he wanted to go out for his HS football team. He worked his butt off during Spring practices, weight room, etc., then when Summer practices started he made the varsity squad, but then somehow managed to injure his hip flexors & some other muscles around the lower back area, and basically couldn't do too much on the field for a couple weeks. We got him some therapy and they've been easing him back into drills, but he lost a ton of reps. Last Friday night was their first game, and near the end his coach put him in at MLB. On his very first play ever, the other team ran their biggest, baddest RB up the middle, and my kid correctly diagnosed the play, filled his assigned gap, and leveled the dude for minimal gain.
I shed a tear. 🙂