I was initially thrilled to see Barry Sims gets some ink in The Park Record to honor and celebrate his extraordinary NFL story until I began to read. Barry deserves better than the effort made by Dalton Gackle in his usual column.

I will give Dalton props for laying out the (mostly colorless) facts in chronological order, but he failed to truly capture how remarkable Barry’s journey from high school and into a critically important starting position in the NFL actually was.

Barry is and has always been a kind and humble soul. More often than not, that’s what offensive linemen are. The fact that he applied himself and fought his way back from a debilitating injury into contention to first be drafted by the Scottish Claymores only then to be signed to play for none other than the Oakland Ra

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