Yesterday I sat down just getting to my seat to watch the Bengals and the Jets in person out in Cincinnati.

And my nephew goes, I just said, I have some news for you.

I was like, what?

And he goes, Nick Mangold passed away.

And it was like, it just took my breath away.

I mean, because two weeks ago, he was talking about it.

We all knew about it.

He didn't seem like it was

you know i knew it was dire because you wouldn't go public unless it was and they couldn't find

a a living donor couldn't find anybody that that could help him and i just i often think about

like the time he was here with rex and how he and Brick were like,

you know, they were like soldiers together, you know what I mean?

They were like right in the middle of that offensive line and they were all about, you know,

being tough and running the rock and the ground and pound and everybody just thought so highly of them.

I mean, you know, this guy, when you think about it, in the 11 years that he played,

he made seven Pro Bowls, two all-pro teams, one second team, all-pro.

I mean, that's Hall of Fame-worthy numbers.

And the sadness adds to it, but, I mean, I was a great guy, and I remember being at a

Ranger game with him, and the Rangers were playing the Dallas Stars.

And he was sitting right behind the Dallas Stars bench.

And throughout the entire game, he was yelling at Klingberg for the defense been for Dallas.

I think the Rangers ended up winning the game that night.

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