INDIANAPOLIS — Back in 2004, Ran Carthon, who had just been signed to the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad, was staying at his dad, Maurice’s, home, when he decided to kick his feet up and watch some TV.
But Maurice — then the Cowboys’ offensive coordinator — apparently wasn’t having any of that.
“He would come in and push me in the head and tell me, ‘Hey, you need to be studying your playbook,’” Ran recalled in a 2005 Indianapolis Star article.
Perhaps that push from his father has stayed with Ran Carthon ever since.