Taken Under Wing

Vince Wilfork has quickly commandeered the role of veteran mentor for the Miami Hurricane alumni Brandon Meriweather and Kareem Brown. Actually, all three share the Hurricane brotherhood. This should serve to make a smooth, natural environment for the two rookies to learn and observe the ways of the professionals. Certain rookies, fresh out of the draft, have been known to bring a degree of arrogance on to the field. This is not the case here.

Vince Wilfork, a little less than eloquently, but necessarily and factually let the boys know, “I just told them, do what you do best…play football. Everything else will come to you. Just be willing to learn. You don’t know everything; you’re a rookie…just be able to learn.” Wilfork, a former first-round draft pick, can relate with the expectations put on the rookies. And so he’s taken the two under his wing. He also respects that coming on to a Super Bowl team can be fairly intimidating. But just as much as Wilfork is understanding of the rookies’ position, he’s not about to babysit. And Brown recognizes exactly that. “You have to treat this game like a business…they’re not going to baby you,” says Brown. Good luck boys. Get your New England Patriots tickets today.

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