The ultimate fantasy football dream - you’re working a regular job and you get a call, asking you to be in the super Bowl.
Eagles tight end Chad Lewis is out of the game with a foot injury - this is from the Philadelphia Daily News today, read down at the bootom, thomason says he’s in shape, having participated in triathlons!:
Jeff Thomason watched the NFC Championship Game Sunday as a retired player, 2 years removed from the fray.
Yesterday, sitting at the desk in Chesterfield, N.J., where he works as an assistant project manager for Toll Brothers construction, Thomason fielded a series of phone calls. By late afternoon, he’d agreed to return to the Eagles. Assuming he passes a physical today, Thomason will begin practicing tomorrow for the Feb. 6 Super Bowl in his old role as a reserve tight end and special-teams player.
“It’s pretty incredible,” Thomason, 35, said last night. “I’m just thrilled to be part of this whole thing.”
Many of the contractors he deals with don’t know he ever played football, Thomason said; they might be a little surprised to find out why he’s taking a couple of weeks off.
Last night, Thomason wasn’t exactly sure how the details of that hurried leave-taking were going to work out.
“I have 2 weeks vacation time,” he said. “If I have to use it for this, I will.”
He said he’s in playing shape, and has been participating in triathlons lately.