The Porterhouse
The foot is the worst of its kind Simeon Whitaker has had, and the timeline is the rest of the season. It is the second foot of his career.
7,087 yards over six seasons. Twenty-six touchdowns. 103 games. There was a 2,101-yard year in there. This is not it.
He turned twenty-six this year. He is from Tannery Row, Maine. He runs hot, and everybody has decided to live with it. He was converted from quarterback, which he was not good enough at. In another life he worked nights at a rendering plant to pay for a truck he never bought.
The Porterhouse, 8-5, and fourteen weeks gone. Cormac Bombardo is in year five of it.
Whitaker reads on the team plane, actual books, which his teammates find hilarious.