Three Buccaneers players take part in an unconventional tradition before games: walking barefoot through the field. 'We've just got to do it. It feels right.'
— perhaps with another teammate — will venture forth through the field barefoot, taking in a few laps in a zen moment before the violent chaos of an NFL game.
The barefoot walk started with Kieft, who had done it in college. As a rookie last year he convinced Nelson — who played at Iowa — to join him, and O'Connor soon followed"Now we've just got to do it. It feels right," said O'Connor, who grew up in Chicago and played at Eastern Michigan."It's a routine thing. We get to a stadium, the first thing we do is walk on the field together, get a feel for everything. It's always good to have that barefoot feeling.
"It's just something to center us before the game," Nelson said."You walk around, take in the stadium, get the blood flowing without wearing yourself out. I don't know all the benefits of it, but for me, it's me, Ko and Pat, we do it every game. You relax, joke around, get out of the locker room a little bit. I feel like a little kid again, and it brings that feeling back.
"Ko's kind of a nerd, and he always spoke of the benefits of utilizing the electromagnetic field of the earth, the frequencies of the earth for healing," said former Bucs tight end Cam Brate, who joined the three on some pregame walks last year."I listened to Ko, gave it a shot, and I felt absolutely no difference. For me, it was all about the brotherhood, being out there with the guys.
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