The guy squirting water into Zach Ertz’s mouth is Joe O’Pella. He’s an athletic trainer that’s been with the team for over 15 years at this point.
NFL teams don’t really have water boys, athletic trainers are usually the ones responsible for having water on the practice field and during games, but this post is absolutely hilarious.
A guy who rehabbed my ACL tear in my second year, has a masters degree from Pitt, and has years of experience keeping Eagles players healthy and on the field being called a “Waterboy” is crazy, and I’m already giving him shit for it, but good lord this post is so wildly misleading.
Either way, thought I’d clear the air, that the people with Water Bottles during games actually serve much bigger roles on NFL Teams.
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Jelani "Champ" Smith, a Leukemia patient at @childrensatl, designed @ruke33’s cleats this year, complete with a @BubbaWallace car 🤍
Congratulations PFATS member Jake Pfeil! He was named the Jerry Rhea Athletic Trainer of the Year by the GATA. Jake is currently the Director of Sports Medicine for the Atlanta Falcons. The award honors an athletic trainer who demonstrates exemplary service to the profession.
False reports have been spread In recent hours, including serious allegations against the IDF regarding fire toward Gazan residents in the area of the humanitarian aid distribution site in Gaza.
Findings from an initial inquiry indicate that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗗𝗙 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲.
The IDF is cooperating with the GHF and international aid organizations in order to enable the distribution of aid to Gazan residents—and not to Hamas.
The IDF calls on the media to be cautious with information published by the Hamas terrorist organization, as proven in many previous incidents.
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“I just can’t wait for the game because it’s going to be a special day that there’s a Jewish kid playing football on Yom Kippur. … If that makes headlines, that means I get to be another light for somebody else.”
BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff is breaking barriers 🤝