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Slow Getting Up

A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile

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Slow Getting Up

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Nate Jackson’s Slow Getting Up is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America - and the most damaging to its players - the National Football League.

After playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver, signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers, before moving to the Denver Broncos. For six seasons in the NFL as a Bronco, he alternated between the practice squad and the active roster, eventually winning a starting spot - a short, tenuous career emblematic of the average pro player.

Drawing from his own experience, Jackson tells the little-known story of the hundreds of everyday, "expendable" players whose lives are far different from their superstar colleagues.

From scouting combines to training camps, off-season parties to game-day routines, debilitating physical injuries - including degenerative brain conditions - to poor pensions and financial distress, he offers a funny, and shocking look at life in the NFL, and the young men who risk their health and even their lives to play the game.

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Really enjoyed this! Story and insights were great and it's really well read. Nate sounds like David Goggins, but without all the f bombs.

Great story!

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Worth a listen for most nfl fans as a true account of struggle at Pro level. Not a PC read either all left bare

Worth a listen for most nfl fans

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Would you listen to Slow Getting Up again? Why?

Yes, it is very honest and entertaining

Who was your favorite character and why?

Nate, of course

Which character – as performed by Nate Jackson – was your favourite?

Nate himself, there are times when he is living the dream of many wannabe sportsman, there are other times, real lows, no glossing over

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Strangely enough yes

Any additional comments?

It was a book I thought I might regret buying as at first Nate doesn't seem very likeable, but as his story plays out, I found myself rooting for him, right up to the melancholy ending.

Addictive story of a journeyman pro's NFL career

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I freaking loved this book! it gave me a new insight into a sport that I love watching! I feel like his story can be relatable for a lot of people within competitive industries like sport or music. Please read it if you like the NFL in any capacity!

Gives you a whole new perspective on the sport!

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this is a great book. whether you're a sports fan or not, you'll enjoy it. brilliantly narrated by the author too.

brilliant

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