Squirrel briefly makes NFL preseason game tolerable
The excitement of the NFL preseason is here. The stakes? Non-existent. The players? Bench-warmers you don't know.
So football fans can be forgiven for getting excited about a rodent running onto the field. In a Thursday night game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins, this little critter created quite a stir.
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The announcers even used the telestrator to demonstrate the squirrel's supreme athletic ability. Fans also took the opportunity to trash the Eagles' backup quarterback. Poor Matt McGloin.
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Run, little squirrel. Run straight into our hearts.
Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.
