Not even part of the operation to kill Usama Bin Laden could get the sports fandom out of the equation.
Robert O’Neill was in Afghanistan as part of the Seal 6 team in April 2011, on the days of the mission that was almost a decade in creation.
However, despite being on the other side of the world, O’Neill still had one of his priorities in order: his favorite team, then Washington Redskins, had the tenth selection in the Draft.
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Robert O’Neill, a former seal from the US Navy. November 6, 2014. (Getty images)
Suddenly, he didn’t care about the draft during what he admitted that it was a “strange moment to be in Afghanistan.”
O’Neill knew that if Operation Neptune Spear did not leave as planned, he could not give life home.
“I remember seeing the NFL draft, and I was in a running tape thinking that Redskins need an offensive Tackle,” O’Neill said in “The Ricky Cobb Show” by Outkick. “And then, on the running tape, suddenly realizing, ‘I don’t care, I guess, I guess I will be dead next week.'”
Rob O’Neill, a former Seal of the Navy who participated in the raid who killed Usama Bin Laden, launches the first release before the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston stars on May 14, 2016 in Boston. (Maddie Meyer/Getty images)
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Everything worked for O’Neill. His Reds skins took defensive wing Ryan Kerrigan, so he wasn’t the Tackle he wanted (Nate Solder was the next election), but fortunately for him, his concerns about the Redskins had ended, for now.
The mission proved to be successful, and O’Neill came home alive, and could see Kerrigan make four professional bowls with a Washington uniform.
Ryan Kerrigan, #91 of the Washington football team, celebrates after registering a sack against the Dallas Cowboys during the second half in Fedexfield on October 25, 2020 in Landover, Maryland. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
In fact, Washington did not even take an offensive liner to the seventh round, but it is difficult to be angry with the organization to select Kerrigan.
