Poteat’s Patient Approach Pays Off

In the 71st game of his career — after an overthrown Donovan McNabb pass sailed into his arms — Hank Poteat walked toward the Jets’ sideline without so much as a fist pump. He did not speak. He did not smile. He did not bump chests.

Only a select few knew that Poteat waited eight years and seven seasons for that very moment, the first interception of his vagabond career. When safety Kerry Rhodes found this out, he could not resist a little needling.

“That’s your first one,” Rhodes said. “You aren’t going to celebrate a little bit?”

Full Story: Poteat’s Patient Approach Continues to Pay Off for Him and the Jets – [New York Times]

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