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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

By: Nate Jackson
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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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What made the experience of listening to Slow Getting Up the most enjoyable?

The author narrated the book, and gave a great insight into the book. very interesting read for any NFL fan

Who was your favorite character and why?

Nate Jackson, it was about him

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The truthfullness and true account in the book

Any additional comments?

Well worth a read for any one interested in the NFL and behind the scenes

Great insight

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We all know the superstars of the NFL. The multimillion dollar deals, the Pro Bowls, the Super Bowls. This book opens the door on the workaday jocks fighting every day to make the team.

Interlaced with Nate Jackson's wit are harrowing stories about battling injury, the impact on relationships being a pro athlete has, and the lengths (or depths) some players will go to to keep their dream alive.

A moving story, wonderfully read by the author.

Slow Getting Up Builds Up a Real Head of Steam

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