Dan Steinberg over at the D.C. Sports Bog runs perhaps the finest “mainstream media blog” in existence. I care very little about D.C. sports but constantly find myself reading his stuff. Yesterday, Steinberg unearthed another great tidbit of information from Devin Thomas. After bringing out a wheelchair for veteran Fred Smoot while he spoke to the media, Thomas spoke about his grill saying:
“Man, I was just trying to shine out here, make plays, that’s why I’ve got it in,” he told some of the TV folks. “Let the DBs know where I’m at. I told them I was gonna shine on them, so I had to bring it out today.”
Of course. Everybody knows that you have to shine at all times. And obviously, that includes wearing a grill while you’re playing tackle football. I thought lines like that were only reserved for faux thugs on G’s to Gents. Fred Smoot’s reaction to Thomas was pretty funny as well. Aside from calling him an idiot, he said, “Do not listen to that guy.” I think we would’ve come to that conclusion on our own. Maybe the VIBE shoot went to his head. You can see a picture of the grill over at the D.C. Sports Bog.
