This is Friday, August 4th, 2020.

Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins narrating today's article written by Dr. Ryan Dennison.

The NFL preseason officially kicked off last night as the Cleveland Browns defeated the New York Jets in the annual Hall of Fame game.

However, it's next Thursday's matchup between the Houston Texans and the New England Patriots

that I'm looking forward to most.

Though, to be honest, that's not a sentence I ever expected to type.

You see, as a Cowboys fan, I don't really care much about the Texans and would prefer that the Patriots lose every game they play, except for their week one matchup against the Eagles.

However, Thursday is expected to mark the return of John Mechie III, and that's something I greatly look forward to seeing.

Two years ago, Mechie was a standout wide receiver at the University of Alabama with a chance to be a first round pick in the 2022 NFL draft.

Then he tore his ACL in the SEC Championship game against the Georgia Bulldogs.

The recovery was going well enough, however, that the Houston Texans still traded up to take him in the second round five months later.

Unfortunately, his return would hit another abrupt halt when he was diagnosed with acute promulocyte leukemia that July.

Now, roughly a year later, he's back on the field and credits his faith as playing a key role in his recovery.

As Metchie recently said off his initial diagnosis, quote,

You don't know what's going to happen.

You don't know what the future has in store for you.

You, of course, hope that you can overcome it and play football,

but I would say probably in the beginning stages, there might

have been some doubt. But I've had a strong faith, and I had a strong faith then, and I have a

strong faith now, end quote. And the impact of that outlook has extended well beyond the receiver

and his family. Jalen Petrie, a safety drafted by the Texans, shortly before the team took

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