This has been a frustrating season for the Dallas Cowboys on the field. Let’s put that aside for the moment. We all want the team to do well and are upset when they don’t, but there are bigger and more important things that happen with relation to the game of football. So many players in the league make it a point to use the platform that being in the NFL affords them to do so much good, and there is a particular honor every year that recognizes this type of achievement in communities everywhere.
If you are unaware of exactly what the award the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award means, it is indeed the highest off-the-field mark that an NFL player can receive.