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No matter how far a player can jump, run and bench press, it’s not immune to the physical stressors the NFL causes, says mikefreemanNFL

His name is Byron Jones and the NFL’s post read in part that his “record-setting broad jump in 2015 was CRAZY.” Now? Not so much. How far Jones jumped, or what else he did in that combine, is irrelevant for the moment because what the NFL did with that post, almost certainly unwittingly, was emphasize a point Jones would make on the same day, in his own social media post. Jones’ message, however, was dramatically different from the NFL's.

Jones is reminding these young men of the cruelty of the NFL life they seek, and how participating in it can possibly leave you debilitated.

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