Navy Seal who killd Bin Laden was pressured about NFL Draft earlier than mission
Not even being part of the operation to kill Usama bin Laden may take sports activities fandom out of the equation.
Robert O’Neill was in Afghanistan as a part of SEAL Crew 6 in April 2011, days away from the mission that was practically a decade within the making.
Nonetheless, regardless of being on the opposite facet of the globe, O’Neill nonetheless had one in every of his priorities so as – his favourite group, the then-Washington Redskins, had the tenth choice within the draft.
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Robert O’Neill, a former U.S. Navy SEAL, speaks on the “Better of Blount” Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony on the Clayton Middle for the Arts in Maryville, Tennessee, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. (Getty Pictures)
All of a sudden, he not cared concerning the draft throughout what he admitted was a “bizarre time to be in Afghanistan.”
O’Neill knew that if Operation Neptune Spear didn’t go as deliberate, he may not make it residence alive.
“I bear in mind watching the NFL Draft, and I used to be on a treadmill pondering the Redskins want an offensive deal with,” O’Neill mentioned on OutKick’s “The Ricky Cobb Present.” “After which on the treadmill instantly realizing, ‘It doesn’t matter to me, I suppose; I’m gonna be useless subsequent week.’”
Rob O’Neill, a former Navy SEAL who participated within the raid that killed Usama bin Laden, throws out the primary pitch earlier than the sport between the Boston Pink Sox and the Houston Astros on Might 14, 2016 in Boston. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Pictures)
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All of it labored out for O’Neill. His Redskins took defensive finish Ryan Kerrigan, so it was not the deal with he needed (Nate Solder was the following choose), however fortunately for him, his worries concerning the Redskins have been over – for now.
The mission proved to achieve success, and O’Neill got here residence alive, and he bought to see Kerrigan make 4 Professional Bowls in a Washington uniform.
Ryan Kerrigan, #91 of the Washington Soccer Crew, celebrates after recording a sack in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys throughout the second half at FedExField on Oct. 25, 2020 in Landover, Maryland. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Pictures)
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The truth is, Washington didn’t even take an offensive lineman till the seventh spherical, however it’s exhausting to be mad on the group for choosing Kerrigan.
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