Navy Seal that Killd bin Laden was stressed over NFL Draft before mission

Are not even part of the operation to kill Usama bin Laden could get Sportfandom from the comparison.

Robert O’Neill Was in Afghanistan as part of Seal Team 6 in April 2011, days away from the mission that was in the making for almost ten years.

Although he was on the other side of the world, however, O’Neill still had one of his priorities in order – his favorite team, the then Washington Redskins, had the 10th selection in the design.

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Robert O’Neill, a former American navy seal, speaks at the “Best of Blount” Chamber of Commerce Awards ceremony in the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville, Tennessee, on Thursday, November 6, 2014. (Getty Images)

Suddenly he no longer gave the design during what he admitted was a “weird time to be in Afghanistan.”

O’Neill knew that if operation Neptune Spear would not go as planned, he might not make it alive.

“I remember watching the NFL design and I was on a treadmill and thought the Redskins need an attacking tackle,” said O’Neill on Outkick’s “The Ricky Cobb show.” “And then on the treadmill that suddenly realizes:” I don’t care, I think; I’ll get dead next week. “

Rob O’Neill, a former Navy seal that participated in the invasion of Usama Bin Laden, throws the first throw for the competition between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros on 14 May 2016 in Boston. (Maddie Meyer/Getty images)

The grandson of John Madden, former football player in Michigan, hired to the coaching staff of commanders

It all worked for O’Neill. His Redskins took a defensive end Ryan KerriganSo it wasn’t the tackle he wanted (Nate solder was the next choice), but luckily for him his worries about the Redskins were now – for the time being.

The mission turned out to be successful and O’Neill came home alive and he saw Kerrigan making four Pro Bowls in a Washington uniform.

Ryan Kerrigan, #91 of the football team of Washington, celebrates after taking a bag against the Dallas Cowboys during the second half in Fedexfield on October 25, 2020 in Landover, Maryland. (Scott Taetsch/Getty images)

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Washington did not even take offensive Lineman to the seventh round, but it is difficult to be angry with the organization for selecting Kerrigan.

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