This is part three of my three-part blog on my tour of South America. Read part one here and part two here. ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE The final stop of my trip was in Peru where I had the honor of visiting the ancient civilization of Machu Picchu. In a word, it was unreal. Pictures don't do [...]
This is part two of my three-part blog on my trip to South America. Check out part one here. ON TO CARNIVAL I went on this trip alone, but when I got to Brazil and went to Salvador and Rio, my good friend and former teammate Chris Ogbonnaya, who now plays for the Cleveland Browns, [...]
I just got back this week from my three-week trip to South America, and I wanted to share with all my fans some of the unique and incredible things I experienced. My trip to South America was inspired by the celebration of Carnival. I wanted to see it first hand. I read things about it, [...]
If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you know I'm in Indianapolis this week for the Super Bowl. I'm having a great time. Indianapolis has been a good host city. They've done a good job here of keeping things to the point where they're not too crazy. Everything is within walking distance once you're [...]
We have our game in Pittsburgh on Christmas Eve, which makes planning the holiday a little more difficult. We decided as a family that we were going to do our big Christmas celebration last night. We opened up gifts together, had a nice holiday dinner and just enjoyed each other's company for the night. For [...]
We had another tough loss on Monday night, and each one of those is difficult to swallow. This season has been a huge disappointment. I would've never guessed in a thousand years that we would be sitting at this point with two wins in the season. We haven't been able to take advantage of what [...]
We're in Seattle to play the Seahawks, which is always one of our toughest games all season. I'm excited about tonight. A rivalry game on Monday Night Football should make for great entertainment and a close battle. We just have to try to limit our mistakes and whoever plays sound clean football should win. I was [...]
It's been a good week for us as a team. The Cleveland Browns game was a really big win for us -- our first win on the road this year. To win on the road in the NFL is challenging. On top of getting a victory on the road, we were playing against our old [...]
Sometimes the best way to move forward is to first take a step back. In that way, I really think the bye week coming when it did is going to do us a lot of good. We took a step back and took a breather. Each week, you're judged for that whole week by wins [...]
Injury. Every athlete, especially football players, knows it's a possibility and yet we still must play the game without fear. Injuries are a part of our game. Some guys have to deal with them more than others, but for all of us it's something we try our best to avoid. To play and to play [...]