“He said if I wasn’t going to play football, I wasn’t his son.” “He did not,” I said. “Why would he say something so stupid?” “Because it’s how he feels,” said Rankin. “That’s all he sees me as, a football player. He was a football player. His dad was a football player. His dad was a football player. That’s what the guys in my family are.” “But you’re his kid,” I said, still not believing him. “And as far as he’s concerned, his kid plays football.”
