It's 2013, and Navaro Bowman is coming off his 2nd straight All-Pro season. His whole life, he’s built bonds through makeshift family, but he's finally decided to meet the real one.
His sister takes him out to the spot where his father was shot. Then a man in a blue car drives right past. Navoro takes a long, hard look…cuz that was the man who killed his father.
If you think losing 1 dad is bad, imagine…losing 3.
Navarro Bowman has suffered his share of loss.
But through loss comes strength, and through death comes life.
Narrow Bowman played 7 seasons in the league; during that time, he was named to 4 All-Pro teams. Some saw him as the other linebacker with Patrick Willis, but Navarro was a beast in his own right.
The injury blade cut down his prime. And the day he fell was a day of great mourning. But the warrior's bloodline remains intact. And the old patriarch has new battles to lead.
His place in NFL history is unique. He's one of those who serve as a bridge between old school and new. A 3-down backer with range and power.
A mixture of good instincts and bad intentions.
So glad @FlemLoRaps did an episode on Aldon Smith.
I always say that the Niners had the BEST LB trio then and if Aldon didn’t fall off, it’d have been a historic squad.
Such a “what if”, for real.
@FlemLoRaps Dint know why you came across my feed... you can be a script writer. This why. You can have people wanting the antagonist to win, you have the ability to create and direct emotions as you choose. No homo
The year is 2018, and former NFL All-Pro Aldon Smith has had a really long day. So the 6'5", 280-pound man climbs under a car and falls asleep.
A few years prior, he became the fastest player in league history to get 30 quarterback sacks.
At this point, getting double-digit sacks was all but expected, but double-digit arrests…not so much.
But when he steps onto that field, he casually records 11 tackles and a sack. This was after an alcohol filled five year hiatus.
Aldon Smith has always been legitimately great on a football field. He's just never seemed to believe he was worth much off it.
But he’s always believed the lie that he wasn’t worth much off it.