{"product_id":"slow-getting-up-a-story-of-nfl-survival-from-the-bottom-of-the-pile-paperback","title":"Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNate Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNate Jackson's \u003cem\u003eSlow Getting Up\u003c\/em\u003e is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America--and the most damaging to its players--the National Football League.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver, signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, before moving to the Denver Broncos. For six seasons in the NFL as a Bronco, he alternated between the practice squad and the active roster, eventually winning a starting spot--a short, tenuous career emblematic of the average pro player.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from his own experience, Jackson tells the little known story of the hundreds of everyday, \"expendable\" players whose lives are far different from their superstar colleagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom scouting combines to training camps, off-season parties to game-day routines, debilitating physical injuries--including degenerative brain conditions--to poor pensions and financial distress, he offers a funny, and shocking look at life in the NFL, and the young men who risk their health and even their lives to play the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football League\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup of the Denver Broncos, Nate Jackson took the path of thousands of unknowns before him to carve out a professional football career twice as long as the average player. Through his story recounted here--from scouting combines to preseason cuts to byzantine film studies to glorious touchdown catches--even knowledgeable football fans will glean a new, starkly humanized understanding of the NFL's workweek. Fast-paced, lyrical, dirty, and hilariously unvarnished, \u003cem\u003eSlow Getting Up\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable look at the real lives of America's best athletes putting their bodies and minds through hell.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003e Tom Junod, via Twitter \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football League\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup of the Denver Broncos, Nate Jackson took the path of thousands of unknowns before him to carve out a professional football career twice as long as the average player. Through his story recounted here--from scouting combines to preseason cuts to byzantine film studies to glorious touchdown catches--even knowledgeable football fans will glean a new, starkly humanized understanding of the NFL's workweek. Fast-paced, lyrical, dirty, and hilariously unvarnished, \u003cem\u003eSlow Getting Up\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable look at the real lives of America's best athletes putting their bodies and minds through hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.22 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915339821372,"sku":"9780062108036","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/ZWQvR2ZjQ2ZnRmFMZEV3SkVWcUdlUT09.webp?v=1774361649","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/slow-getting-up-a-story-of-nfl-survival-from-the-bottom-of-the-pile-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}