London Fletcher among NFL's most respected

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  • The King
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    • Jun 2004
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    London Fletcher among NFL's most respected



    Redskins linebacker London Fletcher didn't win an ESPN poll asking more than 320 players who the most respected player in the league was.
    Peyton Manning won in a landslide, but we'll revisit that in a bit. Let's talk about Fletcher for a moment.
    The top seven players were mostly a roll call of the league's most recognizable players. Manning was followed by Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson, Calvin Johnson, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers. It looks more like a fantasy football draft than anything else.
    But squeezed in that top seven between Brees and Rodgers on the list, getting 3.4 percent of the vote, was Fletcher. That's pretty remarkable, considering the rest of the list. And it's much deserved.
    I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
    "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
    You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
    It was all
    true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
    He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can
    mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


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