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How Earnest Byner of ‘The Fumble’ fame helped this Jets reserve

Earnest Byner had been to hell and back once, and 27 long years after a moment in time forever remembered as The Fumble, he recognized his calling was to help a lost, young, wounded kindred spirit recover from his own worst nightmare.

Brandon Bostick is a reserve tight end for the Jets these days, and there is irony in the Seahawks coming to town Sunday, because Bostick was the one who muffed a fateful onside kick in Seattle in the 2014 NFC Championship game that cost the Packers a berth in Super Bowl XLIX.

“I haven’t thought about it the whole season ’til you actually said something about it,” Bostick said, and laughed.