Damn you, Smoke. Glad I had nothing else important going on this afternoon.
I wasn't content to leave off with the poetry and just the one story about Jason (and Gregory.) I had to go invest $3 and order myself a copy of that 1995 Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion Number 129.
I also dug up another more recent piece by Collins.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/08...n-and-me-daily-cover
It's nowhere near the level of the Maddux Thirteen, but there is more insight and backstory on the nature of his relationship with Jason interspersed among the Falcon babble.
I guess it's in the end a bit like grading those 11th graders' essays - a little bittersweet, yet leaving a hint of enlightenment and understanding...