The Fighting Ostriches
There is a version of this where T.X. Lattimore retired two years ago. Instead he is 37 and averaging 14.8. He reads Normal, which makes the mileage harder to explain, not easier.
20,153 yards over fifteen seasons. 318 touchdowns. 221 games. His best was 2,448. This is not that, yet. For four clubs.
He is from Sable, North Dakota. He runs hot, and everybody has decided to live with it. He was the son of a man who played eleven years at the same position.
The Fighting Ostriches, 6-6, and thirteen weeks gone. Tomas Vinatieri is in year two of it. The contract runs out in the spring.
One more thing: he eats the same breakfast every game day and will not discuss it.