The rigors of everyday life have been weighing heavy on Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman, Ethan Westbrooks. In fact, he almost retired from the National Football League altogether earlier in the season because of it.
According to Alden Gonzalez of ESPN Los Angeles, Westbrooks is in custody disputes with the mothers of two of his three children and the constant struggle with the court system nearly made him choose another profession prior to Week 3:
The back-and-forth with the mothers of his youngest was becoming too much, Westbrooks said. He was growing frustrated with a court system that he said was making it hard for him to see his kids, so he thought about giving it all up, about going into nursing or real estate or landscaping — anything that would bring him back to the Northern California area where all three of his children reside.