Dalton Risner’s cleats tell his story

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - When Dalton Risner got the call from the Cincinnati Bengals in the middle of August to come to town for a visit, he took his cleats, put them in a grocery bag, put that grocery bag in a duffle bag and boarded a flight to Cincinnati.

Those cleats have been through a lot of stuff this summer.

Risner was a free agent until the end of August. Without a team to practice with, he put on these cleats every morning, walked past about 100 mailboxes on the way to his local park in Tampa and then put himself through offensive line drills.

At the park, there’s a pickleball court and a basketball court on the right. There are mailboxes on the left.

“In between, there’s a 20-yard patch of grass where everyone lets their dogs poop,” Risner said.

The grass gets mowed about every t