The Long Shot Pt. 5

Scott Long has issues.  Serious issues which may make his transitioning to the off-the-field NFL lifestyle somewhat difficult. He's weeks away from inking a pro contract and yet he's cruising around a used car lot instead of pricing Hummers.  The first time I met him he addressed me as "sir," and added "God bless you" when I left. He's also got a nagging habit of worrying about other people and making sure his words don't offend anyone. 

It's just weird. 

Throw in the fact that he has strong beliefs and isn't afraid to talk about or stand by them and you can see where I'm going right? 

Transitioning to the NFL may be difficult for this guy simply because there aren't many others in the league like him. 

And that's a shame.

On Handling the Media
By Scott Long as told to Travis Williams

I've gotten a first hand taste of the media with the whole combine experience.  Reading the blogs and different things people write,  the media kinda has free reign to talk about whatever they want to... For example that Tim Tebow story, I don't know first-hand exactly what happened, but I know he was in my group and I didn't hear anything even relevent to that story that came out.

True or not they're just giving their opinion.  Its just something you have to adapt to and know it comes with the territory.  I guess if they're not talking about you then you're probably on your way out of the league.  Hopefully they'll be talking about me, good or bad, for a long time. There's no writer, columnist, reporter or journalist that can ever criticize me harder than I criticize myself.

On the Perfect Shoe Commercial

The perfect shoe commercial? That's tough, but I'd say it would be with Nike and the commercial would be similar to that Adrian Peterson commercial.  But it be with me catching balls and eight or nine sets of arms coming out trying to stop me, and I'd be catching everything.  There'd be some slow motion, smoke and darkness.  It would just be kinda eerie. Maybe the tagline would be something like The Long Shot or something.

The one thing I probably wouldn't endorse would be anything with alcohol.  Not looking down on people who drink alcohol, but it's not something I partake in.  That woudn't be me.  I don't want to be perceived as someone who would do anything to get money, and if my name was on that then that's what I'd be doing.

Closing

One of my all time favorite songs to sing on Sunday mornings growing up was, "Jesus on the Main Line." As a youngster, I didn't even understand what it was actually saying. But I was still clapping my hands and bobbing my head... "Jesus on the main line, tell em' what you want."

As I got older and matured in my prayer life, I started to understand what it meant. James 4:2 says "you do not have because you do not ask, God." We have a direct line of communication with the manufacturer of all things of this world. There's no middle man or one of those annoying pre recorded operators.

Sometimes life weighs on us much more than we can bare. In those situations you have to, "let go, and let God." Take what ever it is on your heart to him in prayer and watch him deliver.
Have a blessed week.


Yours truely, 84