Sidelined- The Qb And Me May 2026

He stood in front of the entire athletic board and said I was "just a groupie he felt sorry for."

That was the season I learned the most important lesson about being sidelined. It wasn't about exclusion; it was about perspective. On the field, Mark was a jersey number. Off the field, sitting next to me while he rehabilitated his knee, he was a terrified teenager who didn't know who he was without the ball. Sidelined- The QB and Me