To Help Other People at All Times: The Team Player

Tonight during the Broncos-Browns game, the Broncos came back with a game-winning drive that ended with 1:14 left on the clock. The drive ended with a touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall, who then began to dig for some sort of glove for a celebration dance.

But not even this pass was the biggest play of the game. The biggest play of the game came from the veteran Brandon Stokley. Mind you that Stokley had only two catches for 16 yards the entire game, and no, neither one of those catches really mattered at all either.

Immediately after Brandon Marshall began to celebrate after his touchdown, Stokley sprinted to Marshall and urged him to stop the celebration. Understand that a 15-yard penalty would mean that they would kick from their own 15 yard line to one of the more dangerous kick returners in the NFL in Josh Cribbs, who had already come close to taking one back in the game.

I was immediately struck by Stokley's actions and couldn't help but think about how his selflessness reflected the key point of the Scout Oath: to help other people at all times. On a sports team, these kind of plays are the best reflection of Scout Oath. So many times, you hear commentators speak about not hurting your team. Just look at this game to see why this matters.

Kellen Winslow had a pretty good game on paper with 10 catches for 111 yards and 2 touchdowns, but what he did that Stokley didn't do was commit a key pass interference penalty. Nor did Stokley drop several key balls or lose a fumble for his team. Amazingly, Winslow then gripes on the sideline.

Stokley gets my gameball for being a class athlete, and one can only hope that next week will reward him with more catches.

Hammy