Geoff Schwartz talks NFL players peeing on the sideline

We had Gatorade Guy from Monday Night Football. Former NFL offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz discusses odd behavior he has seen from NFL sidelines.

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In case you were doing the right thing and getting some much-needed shuteye instead of watching the snoozefest that was Week 3’s Monday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins, you missed out on Gatorade Guy.

Who knew that you could stir up a fresh batch of Gatorade with the plastic cups you’re supposed to drink it out of? It was odd and was the first major point of interest in this week’s episode of Stacking the Box.

Former NFL offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz remembers one time when he was with the Carolina Panthers when a kicker put on a huge coat when it was warm outside. Now, we get that kickers are weird, but why would he put on a big coat during the early part of the season? Well, the guy apparently had to pee, as he walked around with a cup full of his own urine shortly afterward.

Schwartz would add that before many of these new stadiums were built, there often wasn’t a place where players could relieve themselves (0:35). They would have to either go on the bench or find a way to be hidden enough by the equipment to take care of what is necessary in a nearby drain. Thank goodness for modern advancements in stadium bathroom technologies.

FanSided‘s NFL insider Matt Verderame has a tale from when he was covering a Denver Broncos versus New England Patriots game many years ago. While he was wrapping up an absurd amount of television cables after a Patriots’ rout of the Denver, a young Verderame felt thirsty and grabbed a cup of lemon-lime Gatorade off a table by the New England bench (2:00)

It was Gatorade alright, according to Verderame, but it has a little something extra in it. He said it tasted terrible and that it gave him hallucinations when he went to bed for the next two nights. Verderame said this was an experience he’ll never forget and why to this day he will not grab a cup of Gatorade sitting out on an NFL sideline.

So we learned something today! Professional football players can make a bathroom out of nothing and enjoy Foxborough Gatorade at your own risk. It’s a war zone down there on the gridiron. Don’t be surprised if you see something you didn’t plan on if you ever get the chance to be down on the sidelines.

Here are a few more topics of note discussed on this week’s episode of Stacking the Box:

• The New England Patriots are better than the Kansas City Chiefs (4:00)
• The Los Angeles Chargers are already finished (7:45)
• The Minnesota Vikings won’t win a Super Bowl with Kirk Cousins (29:10)
• The New Orleans Saints will win the NFC South (35:25)

All this and more!

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