"Michael it is time to leave." His mom said as she was running out the door. "Just a sec." Michael was racing out the door in a fashion of quickness. He had his football gear ready to go and was now in his mom's car. As he got in he told his mom to drive as they were 15 minutes late to his tackle football game.
This was a normal day for Michael as he and his mom stuck together as his dad died of cancer 3 years earlier. His dad was Jon Stewart the former famous NFL running back. His dad holds the record for the most rushing yards in a season. Michael wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps and took his weekly practices as step number 1 to his hall of fame career.
After he made sure he had l his stuff and he got to the place he got out of the car and said goodbye to his mom.
He got to the field and walked to Coach Hannahgan. "Coach I'm here." "Michael I'm gonna put you in at halfback"."Okay team we are going to be doing 2 minute drills today with one timeout. Michael and his team will be offense first.
It is first down on their own 20 and they had 2 minutes to go 80 yards. On first down Michaels team ran a drag to their fastest receiver Damian for a 7 yard gain and out of bounds. On second down they ran slants to their tight end Richie for a 13 yard gain but the clock was still running. Hurry up offense. 1 minute 16 seconds on the clock. deep pass for Damian. Incomplete. 2nd and 10. Medium Crossing route to their second receiver Matt for a 9 yard gain out of bounds. On their own 49 with 38 seconds left they had three more plays tops. On first down a 17 yard pass to Richie but inbounds. With hurry up offense they got a 28 yard pass across the middle to Damian in bounds and called their timeout. 3 seconds left. they huddled up and decided for an option with their Quarterback Gary and got in lineup. One play,one chance Michael thought.Then as in slow motion the play started. The middle linebacker Cameron decided to stay with the quarterback. Michael got the ball and ran. No time left. This was the last play, Michael trucked the first player barely and the second player immediately was there but Richie blocked him. Michael made a juke to the inside and slid between his guard and center, two yards to go. Michael used his last efforts and pushed across the goal line.One play, one chance, one victory. And this would be his first step to his path to the NFL and the hall of fame.
An hour later, Michael was at home and on his bed when he heard the phone ring. He went downstairs and answered it. "Hello." came the voice of his best friend Ronaldo. " It's me and I just got home from the Broncos game. Ronaldo was a fan of the Denver Broncos and thought they had the best defense a team had in years. The broncos had just beat the Kansas City Chiefs 27-14. "Hey Ronaldo, what do you need." Michael said." Well, there is a broncos game next week against the patriots and my mom is sick. Would you like to come?" Michael was excited now. "YES! I would love to go." Michael had yelled and couldn't wait. "Thanks Ronaldo can't wait. Bye" "Michael wait." But Michael had hung up to soon.
It was next week and Michael was at the game. They were going down to their seats and Michael asked what row they were in. "Michael, last week on the phone I was going to tell you that we are actually in the first row."Michael was so happy and ran to the seats they were in.
Later it was halftime and the Broncos were winning 10-7.
