Jennifer Mangold, tragically a widow for 14 days, walked out for the coin toss together with her 4 youngsters, ages 7 to 14, and a hushed soccer stadium choked with emotion, and anybody who knew Nick Mangold fought again tears.
There was a video tribute for Mangold, who succumbed far too quickly to his persistent kidney illness, and a inexperienced and white jersey reproduction on the sector subsequent to the American flag and a photograph of the nice Jets middle behind one of many finish zones and a touching tribute from LT D’Brickashaw Ferguson, his teammate for 10 seasons, each of them iron males who performed for the identify on the entrance and the identify on the again of the jersey with ardour and satisfaction. Jets gamers and coaches prayed for Mangold through the second of silence.
It’s fairytale stuff concluding that the Jets Received One For Mangold, 27-20 over the Browns, after they very a lot wanted to win one for themselves following per week of turmoil and heartbreak that noticed Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams jettisoned for Wait Until Subsequent 12 months, however each could be true.
“We have been undoubtedly taking part in for one thing larger than ourselves right now for positive,” Isaiah Oliver informed The Put up.
