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Jack Del Rio got a bit nervous watching All Pro Raider seeking thrills overseas

By and large, NFL players can do almost whatever they’d like in the offseason, provided it’s not 1. illegal, 2. banned by the NFL, or 3. prohibited by their contracts.

Apparently, Oakland Raiders All Pro offensive guard Kelechi Osemele has no stipulation in his deal preventing him from thrill seeking in far-off places because that’s what he’s doing right now. Nothing like some category-4 rapids to keep the pulse pumping in February.

Healing time? That’s over. It’s thrill-seeking season, apparently. And Osemele gave his head coach, Jack Del Rio, a bit of a grabber at first, too.

Here’s another video Osemele posted of him — no big deal — doing a backflip off the highest swing in the world in New Zealand.

Osemele is 330 pounds, mind you. The fact that he can do things such as this in the first place is pretty amazing. And assuming he stays healthy, well, that’s all that better. We’re not about to lecture players for trying things such as this, provided it’s not specifically disallowed in their deals. Then that would be a blatant breach of contract.

Jack Del Rio had some fun even after watching his All Pro guard attempt thrill-seeking activities. (AP)
Jack Del Rio had some fun even after watching his All Pro guard attempt thrill-seeking activities. (AP)

And we can’t fault teams for asking for provisions such as these. If the team insists on it and the player and his agent agree to sign off on that, well that’s just too bad. No skydiving or base jumping for them. (Well, the agent can, but the player can’t.)

But short of that it means that coaches such as Del Rio, who has a good sense of humor but who also watched his season go down the drain after Derek Carr got hurt on the field, must hold his breath a few times per offseason. Price of doing business, we suppose.

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