Anthony Armstrong's Really Good Story Done Really Well
Posted by Matt Terl on August 26, 2010 – 9:39 am
This is the obvious next step in my ongoing over-coverage of Anthony Armstrong, the breakout star of training camp and preseason at wide receiver. I started by covering Armstrong myself, as you’d expect. By last Saturday’s game, we had moved on to the point where I didn’t even have to ask any questions and he was able to conduct the entire interview himself. For this latest phase, I don’t even talk to the guy at all, just point you in the direction of Rich Campbell’s excellent recounting of Armstrong’s longshot-to-the-bigs story.
A quick excerpt, although you really should go read the whole thing:
Like most players’ paths to the NFL, Anthony Armstrong’s began in the parking lot of The Jack Shack.Wait, that’s not right. Guys who play on second-tier minor league teams that practice outside a minor league hockey arena don’t make it this far.
So how the heck was it that Armstrong walked off the Redskins Park practice field yesterday afternoon with a spot on the Washington Redskins’ final roster almost in his grasp?
“That Robert Frost quote about the road less traveled? My road was off on the side that you can’t even see,” he said. “I literally was cutting through these woods and hacking down trees trying to get to this spot here.”
For more of the Redskins Blog ongoing over-coverage of Anthony Armstrong, let me direct you to:
- Armstrong’s arrival in October 2009, and the revelation that his mother is a Cowboys fan
- The brief explanation of how to clean chitlins that was the highlight of this Thanksgiving 2009 post
- Armstrong on being kept around when 2009 training camp star Marko Mitchell was released back in May
- Armstrong Skyping trashtalk to troops in Baghdad at a community event
- Offering insight on an August practice
- Still more insight on that practice
- Armstrong gets some help from Chris Cooley with the celebration of his first NFL touchdown
- Video of that
- And, a week ago, Armstrong reflecting on his strong training camp by vowing to work harder in the weeks to come.
So, yeah, whatever else Armstrong does or doesn’t accomplish, I think it’s safe to say that he’s become a Blog favorite.
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