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25-05-2025
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Alex Palou finally conquers oval track with first-ever Indianapolis 500 win
Alex Palou has won the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 after finishing first at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. This marks Palou's first-ever Indy 500 win and his first win on an oval track. Palou is also the first-ever Spaniard to win the Indianapolis 500. The three-time IndyCar champion and two-time defending champion has won five of his first six races this season. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! BEST OF FOX SPORTS' INDY 500 COVERAGE: Ranking Indy 500 drivers from 33 to 1: Can anyone unseat Josef Newgarden? Got milk? 33 potential Indy 500 winners pick preferred dairy option Pato O'Ward pens letter to Indy 500: 'Had my heart broken here … but it also fuels me' No oval experience, no problem: Rookie Robert Shwartzman captures Indy 500 pole Rash of Crash: Inside a wild weekend of wrecks during Indy 500 prep From 'magical' to 'legendary': Drivers describe the Indy 500 in one word 2025 Indy 500 liveries: See the designs of all 34 cars on the track at The Brickyard Counting down the 25 most memorable moments in Indy 500 history recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
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25-05-2025
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Indianapolis 500 start time delayed due to light rain
The Indianapolis 500 on Sunday has been delayed due to inclement weather moving into the area of Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Drivers are in their cars, but are awaiting the go-ahead to start the race. Stay tuned for updates. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily ! BEST OF FOX SPORTS' INDY 500 COVERAGE: Ranking Indy 500 drivers from 33 to 1: Can anyone unseat Josef Newgarden? Got milk? 33 potential Indy 500 winners pick preferred dairy option Pato O'Ward pens letter to Indy 500: 'Had my heart broken here … but it also fuels me' No oval experience, no problem: Rookie Robert Shwartzman captures Indy 500 pole Rash of Crash: Inside a wild weekend of wrecks during Indy 500 prep From 'magical' to 'legendary': Drivers describe the Indy 500 in one word 2025 Indy 500 liveries: See the designs of all 34 cars on the track at The Brickyard Counting down the 25 most memorable moments in Indy 500 history FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience NTT INDYCAR SERIES recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
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23-05-2025
- Entertainment
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5 mouthwatering moments from the Wienie 500
The inaugural Wienie 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was one for the history books. It had all the ingredients of an iconic race: fast cars, dramatic twists, mechanical difficulties and, of course, hot dogs. While the race was jam-packed with fun from the start all the way through to the photo-finish, here were the five best moments from the Wienie 500: 5. The Oscar Meyer Anthem "We ask that you rise and place your hand over your stomach," the crowd was advised over the Speedway speakers, "and feel free to sing along as he performs the Oscar Meyer Wienie Song." The crowd happily obliged as the singer belted out the famous tune, with Friday's hot-doggers looking on from behind him with pride. The audience is just as much a part of the fun as the race itself, and the Wienie 500 fans did not disappoint. But one fan stole the show: Granny Smith, who had the best sign of the day and was chosen to be the honorary engine-starter. "Wienies, start your engines," she proclaimed — and the crowd, naturally, went wild. What is a race without a few unexpected hiccups? After starting the race strong, the Sonoran Dog Wienermobile started overheating and was passed by not one, but two of the Wienermobiles trailing it. "That is an over-grilled dog!" Will Buxton said on the broadcast. Indeed, it was. 2. Sonoran Dog strikes back Down but not out, the Sonoran Dog Wienermobile came back with a vengeance at the first turn, passing Chi Dog to take a commanding lead. A historic race deserves a historic finish, and it got the one it deserved. Despite trailing by the length of two whole Wienermobiles, Slaw Dog made a late push to take the lead and never looked back. Chi Dog was left in the dust for the second time in the race, and Slaw Dog went home with the trophy, a moment the team is sure to relish forever. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! BEST OF FOX SPORTS' INDY 500 COVERAGE: Ranking Indy 500 drivers from 33 to 1: Can anyone unseat Josef Newgarden? Got milk? 33 potential Indy 500 winners pick preferred dairy option Pato O'Ward pens letter to Indy 500: 'Had my heart broken here … but it also fuels me' No oval experience, no problem: Rookie Robert Shwartzman captures Indy 500 pole Rash of Crash: Inside a wild weekend of wrecks during Indy 500 prep From 'magical' to 'legendary': Drivers describe the Indy 500 in one word 2025 Indy 500 liveries: See the designs of all 34 cars on the track at The Brickyard Counting down the 25 most memorable moments in Indy 500 history recommended Get more from NTT INDYCAR SERIES Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more in this topic
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20-03-2025
- Sport
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Q&A with Joe Thomas: Hall of Famer on Browns, young QBs, Madden Ring of Honor, more
Retired Browns tackle Joe Thomas is a first-ballot member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Now 40, he has dabbled in broadcasting and coaching, but he's mainly focusing on his family — wife Annie and their four children. This week, Thomas took time to talk with FOX Sports about a number of subjects, including his favorite young tackles in the NFL, his pride in spending his entire career with only one team and shedding more than 50 pounds since his playing days. He also shares his thoughts about being named to the third-annual class of the Madden Ring of Honor along with Ray Lewis, Peyton Manning, Marshawn Lynch, Joe Thomas and Sean Taylor. FOX SPORTS: You're seven years retired now, but I wanted to ask you about the young tackles in today's NFL. Who are the young guys you like and why? THOMAS: I think there's a ton of really young, awesome tackles right now. It's fun to watch them, and I think they're really benefiting from all the youth programs that they have and the development that linemen get now that you just didn't see before. You look back to the offensive linemen summits that NFL players started doing shortly after I retired, and how that flow of information has really increased with social media and the way that guys are sharing information, which is really awesome. As offensive linemen, we need the help, right? We're always going against guys that are faster than us, better athletes, and they're training for one thing — to get after the quarterback. FOX SPORTS: Is there one guy that pops out to you when you watch games these days? THOMAS: I've been watching [guys like] Lane Johnson and Trent Williams for a while, but, you know, Penei Sewell is a guy that I think is really awesome. He's been really fun to watch in Detroit. My buddy Hank Fraley is coaching him, and he's really turning into the All-Pro type player that I think a lot of people thought he would be. Tristan Wirfs is another guy who's a dominant, consistent tackle. When I'm looking at offensive linemen and tackles specifically, to me it's all about consistency. It's great to have a couple of big pancake blocks, but I think just consistently giving your quarterback time and space is huge. Jordan Mailata, a guy that won the Super Bowl this year, coming from rugby and plugging right in, playing that left tackle position as well as anybody in the NFL. It's pretty awesome. A guy that maybe got forgotten about a little bit this year is Rashawn Slater, but I think he is going to be one of the great tackles in the NFL for a long time. FOX SPORTS: I know you dealt with this more than you probably would have liked with the Browns, but what do you think about how the NFL develops young quarterbacks? What are the most important things to help a young QB learn on the job? THOMAS: I think you need to have that stability at the offensive coordinator position, head coach position, because the quarterback is the most important position by far on an NFL team. You have the most influence over wins and losses, and I think you also have the most fragility in their ego and their confidence. It's really important to have this consistent voice, whoever that person is, on the offensive side of the football, as you're teaching the offense, you're teaching the progressions and the reads and just giving that young quarterback a steadying voice, because no matter who you are, you go through ups and downs. I think about one guy in this Ring of Honor class, Peyton Manning. He had to start right away and didn't have a lot of success, but … he was able to ride [over] the potholes early on in his career to become one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Just having somebody in that room on offense that can help you work through some of those lows — that could even be a backup quarterback who's got a lot of experience, like an Andy Dalton out there in Carolina. I think those voices in that room are so important, because I've seen plenty of young quarterbacks face adversity that they never had in their athletic career early on, and sometimes they don't know how to handle it and get over it. FOX SPORTS: What role does the offensive line have in that? I'm in Tampa, and you see that Baker Mayfield has such a close relationship with his offensive line. How can that help? THOMAS: I think it's really important, because our No. 1 job is to keep the quarterback clean. And if you got a guy back there that you love, and you'd proverbially lay your life on the line for, because that's what your job, is, you got to protect him like a bodyguard. You know, one time is too many. Defensive guys, they've only got to get lucky once, like somebody's slipping through a bodyguard. We got to be ready, and we got to be on our game 100 percent of the time. So when you have that connection, I think subconsciously, it just makes you want to go that extra mile for that guy who you feel like is one of your own. FOX SPORTS: Who are the young quarterbacks in the NFL that have impressed you? THOMAS: Well, I think Caleb Williams. I would love to see him make a big step with Ben Johnson there now in Chicago. I think it would be really awesome if they were able to give him some protection, which they've already made an emphasis this off-season, and give him an opportunity to showcase his skills. We all saw how great he could be when he was in college, and obviously he hasn't had that success yet [in the NFL], but has shown that potential. I think for C.J. Stroud, he's got a good team around him, and he proved he can be one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Had a little bit of a down year last year, but I think proving you want to be one of the next great quarterbacks in the NFL, the most important thing is early on is, how do you overcome that adversity? Because we've seen plenty of quarterbacks that have a good year or two. How do I bounce back after I've had a tougher season, or maybe have not met those expectations? And a guy like Jayden Daniels, the other guy that had an amazing rookie season, so now it's like, how do you follow that up? Guys are going to have that book on you. They're going to spend all offseason trying to look at, what does he not do well? Where are the throws he can't make, and then try to force you to beat them with your left hand. That's the story of the NFL at every position, but it's just more obvious at that quarterback position, because, like we mentioned earlier, that is the position that matters most in the game. FOX SPORTS: I want to ask you about durability and resilience, and the idea of playing your first 10,000 snaps in the league without missing one. There's some luck involved, but what do you think was the key for you sustaining that for so long? THOMAS: Obviously, a healthy dose of luck is important. But then, the DNA that I got from my parents of just being really ultra-heavy-boned, where everything in my body is pretty sturdy, that helps. But on the field, just having a level of awareness of where all the other 10 offensive players and the 11 guys on defense are going to be. So you're able to have awareness of situations where you're getting yourself into a tough spot, like, OK, I'm going to get rolled up on because we're running zone to the right, and I know the back is probably cutting behind me, and the linebackers couldn't be coming down into that gap and tackling behind me and making sure, hey, I got to keep my feet moving. I can't get stuck in a hole. So just little things like that, I think, were really important. And then how I took care of my body. I wish I would have hired a private chef year-round and known some of the nutrition and performance things that they do now, but I was really diligent with all the different modalities I would do, as far as stretching and yoga and mobility and the cold tub, ice tub. I spent as much time in the training room as anybody. I felt like my life was kind of rehab and prehab, just making sure that I was ready out there. And I think lastly, there's a mindset of like, I'm not leaving this field until somebody tells me to. And I think that goes back to playing youth football. I never left the field. Played both ways, was an ironman playing O-line, D-line, outside linebacker, defensive end, and it was like, I'm not leaving unless somebody takes me off. FOX SPORTS: You talk about carrying the weight, but you've lost a great amount of weight. I'm always impressed to see former linemen, even just a few years into retirement, and they're way down, so you barely recognize them. How nice is it to not have to carry so much weight? THOMAS: Yeah, it's great. It was one of the things that wore on me towards the end of my career, just the amount of food I had to shove in my face, the quality, right? It'd be great to think I could eat quinoa and rice bowls and chicken like I'm a bodybuilder, but unfortunately, I needed the calories and the weight, just because practice and the games are so demanding, especially as a bigger guy. The way I ate actually contributed to a lot of pain and inflammation in my body, because I was just eating so much ice cream and so many cookies and things like that, to try to force the calories into my body. And so I retired because my left knee got really bad, bone-on-bone arthritis. The doctor said, "Hey, this is just for life: Lose weight, your knee is gonna feel better." And that's all I needed to hear. So I lost like 50 pounds, pretty much in the first six months, and all of a sudden my knee started feeling better. And I'm like, OK, this is easy. And so for me, losing the weight was just about feeling better, and I feel so much better now. And it's such a relief to not carry around so much of that day-to-day pain and soreness. I'm like 250 [pounds]. I feel pretty good. I'm pretty big and heavy, so to get less than that I'd have to lose some body parts, I think. FOX SPORTS: You are adding a cool honor this week, being named to the Madden NFL Ring of Honor, as part of its third-ever class and the first offensive lineman out of 15 former players honored by the popular video game. Were you much of a Madden player back in your playing days? THOMAS: Yeah, I was a big Madden guy growing up. In the NFL, I didn't have quite as much time because I was more committed to the craft, but it's been great. I've got a son now who's 8, who is sick over the moon about Madden. So for me to be able to be back in the game, where people can play, and especially my son and his buddies, and then I can pick up the sticks and go against him every now and then and get humbled, it's pretty cool. It's like coming full circle in my life as a Madden player. FOX SPORTS: Did the Madden designers get you right as a player, in terms of how you looked in the game? THOMAS: Yeah, I was always impressed. You know, everybody gets excited when the Madden ratings come out, and I thought they were always very fair, and put me up there, gave me some bragging rights in the locker room. FOX SPORTS: As someone who played his entire career with one team, how much pride you take in that? It's harder to find guys who play a decade and don't change teams, but you did that. THOMAS: It's really special for me. It was really important for me during my career. There were times when I could have forced my way out and asked for a trade, but for me, my home was in Cleveland. From the moment I was drafted, my dream was to play my whole career there and turn them into a winner, and I knew that I couldn't turn them into a winner if I wasn't there. And I thought that the pinnacle of an NFL career would be to get drafted somewhere and be part of building a championship. … And that was my goal, always in Cleveland. Once I got to the city, they really embraced me from the moment I got there. Even as a lineman, I became popular. People would buy my jersey, and there was a mutual love and respect between myself and Northeast Ohio, Cleveland and the Browns fans. Myles Garrett made the trade request this offseason and then ended up re-signing. The only thing I really told him about was how much pride I had and being able to retire with the team that drafted me, because it's so rare, and I think it's not given enough value in today's game. And I get it, if the team isn't going to give you what you need from a contract standpoint or a commitment to excellence, I get it. You only have a certain finite amount of time to be an NFL player. … You only have a certain amount of time to make the money you can make and be treated the way you feel like is fair. So I get that side of it, but I think then sometimes it gets overlooked about the importance and the value of playing in one place and becoming an intricate part of the fabric of that community and fan base. FOX SPORTS: The Browns have been better since you left, but they're down again. What do you think Cleveland needs to do to get where you wanted the franchise to be? THOMAS: They've got to find a good quarterback. … You know, a couple years ago, Joe Flacco took them to the playoffs with a lot of the same guys. I think we've improved some of the positions since then. Jerry Jeudy was a huge addition for us last year, and so I think the pieces are in place, and now it's just a matter of, can you find that consistent winning play at the quarterback position? Sitting there at the No. 2 pick this year, that's going to really help. So I'm very excited to see who they're able to put into that quarterback position this offseason, because if they find that steady play from somebody at that position, I think they can be back to a playoff team and beyond. FOX SPORTS: You played with 21 quarterbacks in your time with the Browns. I'm curious how many you can recall off the top of your head. THOMAS: You know, I've tried this before, and I'm always terrible. Probably about half. I usually remember the first guys and then the last guy, right? The middle [guys] are really tough for me. I start with Charlie Frye, because I played with him for one half. He was a captain and starting quarterback the first game of my rookie season. And then we traded him the next day. Brady Quinn, Derek Anderson, Ken Dorsey, all played that year. Bruce Gradkowski, Jake Delhomme, Seneca Wallace, Colt McCoy, Brandon Weeden. But then in the middle, I know there's a couple guys that played like a game or two. Jason Campbell played for us for a year, Johnny Manziel, Josh McCown, RG3 towards the end, Cody Kessler. And then I kind of struggle. Some of the other guys were only there for a little while. And I always feel bad, because I never want to leave anybody out. FOX SPORTS: You got 14 right there, so excellent work. Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He previously spent a decade covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times and The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? 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27-01-2025
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Drew Brees talks Super Bowl in New Orleans, breaks down Chiefs vs. Eagles
The Super Bowl is back in New Orleans, with an epic showdown between the Chiefs and Eagles set for Feb. 9 at the Superdome, and who better to talk to about the big game in the Big Easy than Drew Brees. The former Saints quarterback is a surefire 2026 inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and won a Super Bowl himself with New Orleans in 2009. He took a few minutes to talk with FOX Sports about why the Super Bowl is special to New Orleans, this year's matchup and other NFL topics. FOX SPORTS: First and foremost, what does it mean to have the Super Bowl back in New Orleans? BREES: It's tremendous. It's the 11th time New Orleans is hosting the Super Bowl, tied for the most with Miami. And there's a reason they keep going back to New Orleans, because it's a great host city. They know how to throw a party. They know how to show everybody a good time, just good old Southern hospitality. New Orleans really enjoys entertaining and it's so well situated for it. When you think about that downtown New Orleans area with the French Quarter, the CBD (Central Business District), the warehouse district, you've got the dome right there, all the hospitality, all the hotels, restaurants, live music. I mean, everything is just walking distance. So you literally just drop down in the city, and you never have to jump in a car. You're just walking everywhere. And there's just a vibrancy and energy that you just feel as you walk around. Everyone is so friendly and so inviting. We love to show off our city. We love to show off our culture, and I think it's something people really appreciate, and that's why they keep coming back to us. [Prepare for the epic Eagles-Chiefs matchup on FOX Sports' Super Bowl LIX hub] FOX SPORTS: How many Super Bowls have you been to as a fan? Were you there for the last one in New Orleans in 2013? BREES: I was not in the stadium. I was a little upset after that season (in which the Saints went 7-9), so I decided not to go. Most Super Bowls, I'm there for events during the week, and I get home to sit on the couch with my family and watch the game. And some of that is out of frustration because you're not playing in the game, but I've been to quite a few of the games. I did go to a few Super Bowls while I was playing, just because there were teams that I felt like I could get some sort of strategic advantage by watching them in person. But this one I will be at, as the Chiefs try to make history and the Eagles try to prevent them from making history — and get some revenge from two years ago. FOX SPORTS: You won the only Super Bowl you played in, so you were efficient that way. You've got Patrick Mahomes going for his fourth title and an unprecedented third in a row. You've got Jalen Hurts facing the same team for the second time in three years, still trying to get his first title. Who has more pressure on him? BREES: You could say the Chiefs have been carrying this quote-unquote pressure for the whole season. I think I speak for everybody who really knows the game and is just in awe of what the Chiefs have been able to accomplish. Despite the fact that, like, truly, at times this year, they didn't look great. They definitely looked like they had some deficiencies and they weren't as efficient as you would have expected them to be, and yet, they finished the season 16-1. It's every week you're saying, "What's wrong with the Chiefs? What's wrong with the Chiefs? What's wrong with the Chiefs?" And they're 16-1, right? Well, I don't care what's wrong. They're figuring out ways to win. They got championship DNA, like, if there's a moment at the end of that game where they have a chance to make a play, chances are they're going to make that play. It's really hard to bet against the Chiefs. I would say this, though, the Eagles look unstoppable on offense right now. I don't see how you tackle Saquon Barkley. They're so good up front. And then you got Jalen Hurts, who's a threat to run the ball at all times, so he almost becomes like an extra blocker in the run game. So, inevitably, you've got Saquon one-on-one with somebody in the open field, and good luck to you. And then defensively, they're really, really stout too. And they have the motivation of having lost going toe-to-toe with the Chiefs two years ago and just barely losing that game, 38-35. So, there's an edge there. And I'm sure a little bit of like, "Hey, we've got nothing to lose. The Chiefs have the pressure on them, not us." FOX SPORTS: Stepping away from the game for a second, there are so many young quarterbacks, first- and second-year guys in the league. Is there one that you've taken a liking to or one that you've really been impressed the most by in the past year or two? BREES: This year, the season that Jayden Daniels had was really phenomenal. There's a poise and a composure that's beyond his years when you think about just being a rookie quarterback. That run that they went on was in large part due to his play-making ability and leadership and the way that all those guys believed in him. And Bo Nix, down the stretch with Denver. I mean, golly, they were hot, and he was playing extremely well with Sean Payton. Those were the first-year guys that jumped out to me. But then I think about all the quarterbacks in the league that are in their sixth year or less. You know, Joe Burrow and C.J. Stroud, and Bryce Young overcoming the early adversity this year and finishing the year the way that he did. I mean, the future is so bright with these young quarterbacks. They're so much fun to watch. They're so dynamic. I think the league's in good hands right now with these young QBs. FOX SPORTS: With all eyes on New Orleans now, the Saints are the only team yet to hire a coach. What do you think of that job and that situation, and what does the team need to do to get back to where they were when you were there? BREES: Unfortunately for them this year, they were just decimated by injury. I think we all saw what the Saints could be when they were healthy. First two weeks, they were world-beaters, right? Then all of a sudden, you lose a receiver, you lose another receiver, you lose interior linemen, you lose Taysom Hill, you lose Alvin Kamara. You lose the quarterback. That's tough sledding. I think they still have great core pieces in place to make a run at it. Look, I think the division is wide-open as well. It's not like the NFC South has been setting the world on fire, right? I think nine wins has won that division here the last last couple years. It's a quarterback-driven league, so I think you need to make sure that you have an offensive system in place and a coach who jells with Derek Carr, and is able to put him in a position where he can be at his very best. That dictates a lot of what happens with the rest of the team and the vibe. Defensively, I think we've always had great leadership, and I feel like we've been a top-10 defense for the last probably eight years in a row. Unfortunately, those guys were put in some really tough spots last year with all the injuries. So I think the core pieces are in place. You just find a coach who can really put a culture and a foundation and accountability in place, and obviously systems that fit the strengths of the players. I think you've got a great group of leaders, continue to add to that through free agency and then the draft. FOX SPORTS: For people going to New Orleans for the big game, you're working with On Location, which has premium packages for fans looking to get into the game and enjoy some events around the game as well. BREES: This is a lot of fun. On Location is putting together a ton of really unique experiences in New Orleans. They are the official hospitality provider for the NFL for Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans. So they've got a big "Taste of New Orleans" event, where they're bringing a bunch of chefs together, a bunch of flavors together, a fun event at the Superdome prior to the game and giving fans a unique peek behind the curtain to Super Bowl 59 in the Superdome before the fireworks begin. I'm going to be at a bunch of different events for On Location throughout the week, interacting with fans, just having a good time. So for anybody who wants to learn more about that and potentially be a part of some of these events, they can go to FOX SPORTS: Last thing I want to ask you about is Eagles linebacker Zack Baun, who was a rookie with the Saints your last year in the league. What do you remember about him and what is it like to see how he has emerged for the Eagles this season? BREES: I've been really excited for Zack, and I think he's an incredible story, and honestly one that should garner a ton of inspiration for a lot of young players. You know, here was a guy who came in, third-round pick with the Saints, mainly a special teams player from Wisconsin. We had a great core group of guys in place at the linebacker position, but for him, it was like, "Hey, I'm going to do whatever I can to help this team. I'm going to learn from these guys. I'm going to take advantage of every opportunity I get." And then he gets the opportunity to go up to Philadelphia, and next thing you know, he's All-Pro and has been a huge part of their success on defense. Those are the guys you root for. I mean, I'm so happy for him. He's earned every bit of it. He deserves it. I think it's just another lesson for young guys that it's all about getting in the right situation and soaking up every ounce of information and wisdom you can from the guys that you have a chance to play with, and then just being ready for your opportunity. When your opportunity comes, man, make the most of it. Greg Auman is an NFL Reporter for FOX Sports. He previously spent a decade covering the Buccaneers for the Tampa Bay Times and The Athletic. You can follow him on Twitter at @gregauman . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? 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