Things are already rough for NFL rookies but quarterback Zach Mettenberger is having an especially tough time after a recent incident.
Here’s what happened according to Steve Ford, the owner of Loser’s Most Wanted Bar & Grill:
The guy said something about ‘Roll Tide!’ to Zach, and Zach turned around and said ‘Good luck with that,'” Ford told the newspaper Monday. “And the guy’s buddy then sucker-punched Zach.
“I promise you that Mettenberger did not throw a punch. He didn’t do anything. The guy sucker-punched him in the eye, that’s the bottom line, and the guy that punched him started running out the door. My door guys had to chase him down.”
Mettenberger did not need medical attention and declined to press charges, just hoping to move on from the situation. Well unfortunately for him, it’s not something his teammates will let him forget. Rookies are othen teased and hazed, and now Mettenberger’s Titan teammates have extra material.
“I get Roll-Tided a lot,” Mettenberger said, via the Tennessean, “but it’s all in good fun.” “It is never fun to get punched in the face, everybody knows that,” Mettenberger continued. “But you have to take the high road in some situations. As much media attention as it got, it could have been a lot worse. It’s something where you just live and learn, and put it in the past.”
Glad to see he’s such a good sport, and has unbelievable self control in regard to that cowardice guy in the bar.
