"For Godwin, he was his hero, the one who taught him about Frank Sinatra and screamed, 'Half man, half monster, the Manster!' at all his games. It's been a journey to say the least," Godwin told ESPN, speaking publicly for the first time about his father's death. "Like it was very, very tough early on. And then very weird like when the season started and really processing like him not being there, whether it's before the game or just being able to talk to him after the fact."
"He's recorded three touchdowns in the first three games of the season – already beating last year's total (two) from the regular season and postseason combined – and he's tied for third most in the NFL."
"He could allow his mind to drift from it – and he'll sometimes do that in the quiet moments away from football – but then it would rob him of today, and he needs today."
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