Congratulations, Michael Oher

I know you would have loved to see Michael Oher in a Raiders or 49ers uniform. But that just wasn’t in the cards. That aside, I can’t help but be happy for him.

Seven years ago he was just a lost homeless 15-year-old living on the streets of Memphis, not smart enough to stay out of trouble, didn’t know who his mother was nor how many siblings he had littered all over the ‘hood. In all likelihood by now he either would have been dead or doing long, hard time and not really understanding why (after having fathered Gawd knows how many children). But because somebody looked beyond the scary exterior, saw the underlying goodness in him and took an interest (I don’t care that they were white and were looking to make him into a football player, maybe even for their own selfish purposes, however cliché’ that is), he is now going to become a multi-millionaire whose financial future will be both guaranteed and secure.
 
I’m not a fan of the Baltimore Ravens but this is a really good situation for him. He will get to play for one of the better organizations and offensive lines in the NFL, and because they are already good on the O-line he will have time to learn his position. Because a friend gave me “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis to read I am a fan of Michael Oher.

Congratulations, Michael Oher. You deserve everything you are about to get. Here’s hoping you have a long, successful, perennial All-Pro career in the NFL and an even longer, financially secure and happy life…

– daveydoug

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