🏆 Week 13 Random Shots

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Our mailing software doesn't allow us to natively embed video. That means when you click on a video, you're taken to another website where the video is hosted. It's a pain, and I've never liked it. But we've fixed it now in our online version of Random Shots. Go ​[straight to it here](=)​ and get a much better experience. I'll still do a few blurbs the old way to give you a taste of what's in this week, but trust me, viewing this online is a zillion times better. And please note, when you click on the link, please give the page a few seconds to load. It's a giant page with a ton of embedded links and can take a few seconds on some connections. But once it loads, you're good. --------------------------------------------------------------- A few things from this week. I'll start with an apology as this week's edition of Random Shots is a little more scattered than normal. I had some not-great real-life stuff happen this week - you can cut to the chase and scroll to the bottom for the details if you like. Thanks for bearing with me. I know it's just fantasy football, and I know it's just a goofy feature I do each week, but I feel a bit like we're all in this thing together at Footballguys. This week especially. Peace and Grace to you. --------------------------------------------------------------- Hmmm. [twitter profile avatar] Joe Bryant [Twitter Logo] @Football_Guys [Glitch In The Matrix](=) [photo] 5:19 PM • Dec 1, 2023 54 Retweets 474 Likes [Read 15 replies](=) ​ --------------------------------------------------------------- How bare is the Patriots roster? Amazon Prime couldn't find a player to use for the Thursday Night Football promo. [twitter profile avatar] Ari Meirov [Twitter Logo] @MySportsUpdate [Amazon had no idea which #Patriots player to feature on the promo for next week... so they just put Bill Belichick. Have never seen something like this before😂]() [photo] 8:39 PM • Nov 30, 2023 3170 Retweets 43098 Likes [Read 476 replies]() ​ --------------------------------------------------------------- If making the most of what you have is how one measures a coach (and I think that's the right way), DeMeco Ryans has to be on the shortlist for Coach Of The Year. [twitter profile avatar] Sunday Night Football on NBC [Twitter Logo] [Twitter Logo] @SNFonNBC [DeMeco Ryans is building something special in Houston.]() [photo] 3:38 PM • Dec 3, 2023 217 Retweets 2637 Likes [Read 18 replies]() ​ --------------------------------------------------------------- Wrapping with this one, please forgive me if I get personal. It's a sad but grateful note. I'm okay here and don’t need a thing, but I’m sorry to let you know that my Dad died Sunday. A picture from not long ago. ​ He was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called Spindle Cell Sarcoma a couple of weeks ago, and it spread to his lungs. The upside is he did not suffer for a long time. He just became weaker and would get short of breath. Last week, it began to progress rapidly, and he faded quickly. He was 100% good mentally all the way up to the end and understood and accepted how this would go. He died peacefully at home. Late last week, I was fortunate to be able to clearly let him know how much I love and appreciate the things he’s done for me and my family. It was three pages of some of the things I hoped he already knew. Being able to share that with him and leave a written copy was a true gift. He fully understood and appreciated what I was able to tell him. And it was very good. An example of him being good mentally last week was when I asked if I could read to him the list of things I was thankful for. He said, "Of course." I had a hard time starting and was choked up. He joked, "You're not doing this very good". That was about as critical a thing as he ever said to me. That's just how he was. An encourager. He had a very strong faith, and he was ready to go. He told me he was much more fearful of this dragging out a long time than he was afraid of dying. He’s reunited with my little brother Rich today and his beloved Mother and his Father he barely knew as he died when my Dad was just a boy. I can only imagine the joy. I knew him and loved him longer than any other person on Earth. He was my business partner for 22 years at Bryant Boats, and we worked together every day. And my close friend for my whole life. After we sold Bryant Boats, we'd still have lunch at least once a week. He was fiercely proud of his family. To hear his friends talk, you'd think I owned ESPN. And I'm crushed not to have him here. But one of the things I told him was if I could draw up a script for a fantastic story with a father and son, I couldn't do better than the story we actually lived out together. So while I'm sad. I’m super grateful. I was able to tell him how much of who I am and how so many of the good things I'm able to do and have are connected to him. I learned so much from him and received so much opportunity from him. I knew without a doubt that he was always "for me". So I'm forever thankful. What a gift. As Forrest Gump said, he "didn't lead no hum-drum life." Rock on, Jim Bryant. Rock on, Dad. --------------------------------------------------------------- Ok. If you'd like to see all the rest of this goofiness, click [here](=) and see everything online for free in a much better-looking format. Trust me, it's tons better. Thanks for being part of Footballguys, and thanks for being on this walk with us. Peace and Grace to you. J [READ ON OUR SITE](=) ​ [avatar] Joe Bryant Guide ​ = = ​ ​ [[twitter]​]([[facebook]​](=)[[discord]​]([[youtube]​]([[instagram]​]( = Written By Joe Bryant. News by Sigmund Bloom and Cecil Lammey Was this email forwarded to you? 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