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Henry McKenna
AFC East Reporter
Just a few months after Mark Andrews cracked his left fibula and injured ankle ligaments, the Baltimore Ravens tight end was jumping a five-foot fence while lugging a generator and a Jugs machine.
It wasn’t just Andrews. His brother Charlie, a realtor, and his father Paul, a doctor, were there also.
On select weekdays and every weekend this offseason, the three of them took the field in Scottsdale, Arizona, to make sure Mark got the route work he loves so much — and, in light of the injury, so badly needed. By the time they’d hopped the fence, they had already scoped the soccer field to make sure there were no kids playing. If there were, that sent the whole thing for a loop, because it was Mark’s favorite field.
According to his family, Mark is a man of routine and few words — and he’s very particular about the kind of grass he’ll work out on.
Once they’d carried everything onto the field, Paul got the Jugs machine situated. Mark might be the metaphorical quarterback — calling the shots and structuring the workout — but Paul was in charge of delivering the ball during drills.
“He’s the quarterback,” Mark said. “He’s a sniper on that.”
Mark’s older brother might have been the most versatile man on the field. Though he hasn’t played football since high school, Charlie served as the linebacker, defensive back and backup tight end. For every route that Mark ran, Charlie ran it either as a defensive player or the offensive player second in the drill line.
The workouts were special for all of them, including Mark’s mother, Martha, who often attended.
“It’s just the fact that we’re allowed to do that with him, you know? That he shares that part of his life with us,” she told FOX Sports. “He doesn’t live here. We don’t see him for many months out of the year. And so when he is here, the fact that there are things we can do together that allows us to be a part of a football life is…
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Publish date : 2024-08-01 16:15:34
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