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Commanders' Doughty thriving despite hearing loss
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/13901335/Commanders-doughty-thriving-despite-hearing-loss
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - "Reed!" "Reed!" "REEEEEEED!"
Jim Haslett kept yelling Reed Doughty's name, trying to get the safety's attention at a Washington Commanders practice this week.
Doughty didn't respond because Doughty couldn't hear. Finally, several teammates went over and tapped him on his shoulder, making him aware that he was wanted by the defensive coordinator.
"The communication between us is not great," Haslett said. "Because when I yell, I get louder - and he still doesn't hear."
Beginning his fifth season in the NFL, Doughty is one of the great survivor stories of pro football, having overcome several gut-wrenching physical and psychological setbacks - any one of which might have caused a weaker athlete to throw in the towel. Yet the 27-year-old with the boyish face is still plugging away, and he is expected to be in the starting lineup Sunday night when the Commanders open the season against the Dallas Cowboys.
"Perseverance is one of his strongest traits," safeties coach Steve Jackson said. "You can't knock a good man down, and he's a good man. He's had a lot of things try to knock him down."
Consider the hurdles listed in the Reed Doughty bio:
- He was a sixth-round pick from Northern Colorado, a Football Championship Subdivision school that averages about two draftees per decade.
- He's had hearing loss his entire life, inherited from his father. It gets worse as he gets older. It stumped the coaches when he was a rookie in 2006.
So zoners how can the cowboys use his hearing loss to our advantage?
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/13901335/Commanders-doughty-thriving-despite-hearing-loss
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - "Reed!" "Reed!" "REEEEEEED!"
Jim Haslett kept yelling Reed Doughty's name, trying to get the safety's attention at a Washington Commanders practice this week.
Doughty didn't respond because Doughty couldn't hear. Finally, several teammates went over and tapped him on his shoulder, making him aware that he was wanted by the defensive coordinator.
"The communication between us is not great," Haslett said. "Because when I yell, I get louder - and he still doesn't hear."
Beginning his fifth season in the NFL, Doughty is one of the great survivor stories of pro football, having overcome several gut-wrenching physical and psychological setbacks - any one of which might have caused a weaker athlete to throw in the towel. Yet the 27-year-old with the boyish face is still plugging away, and he is expected to be in the starting lineup Sunday night when the Commanders open the season against the Dallas Cowboys.
"Perseverance is one of his strongest traits," safeties coach Steve Jackson said. "You can't knock a good man down, and he's a good man. He's had a lot of things try to knock him down."
Consider the hurdles listed in the Reed Doughty bio:
- He was a sixth-round pick from Northern Colorado, a Football Championship Subdivision school that averages about two draftees per decade.
- He's had hearing loss his entire life, inherited from his father. It gets worse as he gets older. It stumped the coaches when he was a rookie in 2006.
So zoners how can the cowboys use his hearing loss to our advantage?
