James Townsend | Why This NFL Receiver Walked Away From The Bears

James Townsend ran a 4.3 forty, benched 455, and had a 45 inch vertical. He started as a freshman at Iowa, transferred to Rutgers, and made it to the Chicago Bears. Then he walked away. In this conversation he tells me why. About a year and a half before he left the league, James attempted to take his own life under the weight of custody battles, court dates, racism, and a version of success that had stopped meaning anything. He made the decision that he could not be great on the field until...