{"id":99968,"date":"2016-01-07T23:04:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T04:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=99968"},"modified":"2016-01-13T01:21:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T06:21:27","slug":"washington-redskins-embrace-tolkien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2016\/01\/07\/99968-washington-redskins-embrace-tolkien\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington D.C. NFL pros embrace Tolkien"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lord<\/a>TORn’s staff and our readers know from experience that Tolkien fans can sometimes be found in surprising places. So, imagine our delight when we learned through this Washington Post story<\/a> that there aren’t just Tolkien fans on the Washington D.C NFL team, quotes from The Lord of the Rings<\/em> are regularly heard in the locker room and even on the playing field!<\/p>\n

The board was set, the pieces were moving, and victory was in hand, but Kirk Cousins needed a little help with his lines.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIs it the third day or the fifth day you\u2019ve got to look to the East?\u201d Cousins asked teammate Tom Compton on the FedEx Field sidelines, as the clock counted\u00a0down Washington\u2019s triumph\u00a0over the Bills.<\/em><\/p>\n

Compton grimaced at the memory, still aghast that his quarterback\u00a0would need to ask.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0was like, \u2018It\u2019s the fifth day, bro,\u201d Compton recalled. \u201cLike, c\u2019mon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Information secured, Cousins delivered the lines that welcomed the world into his team\u2019s growing \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d fascination.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the gray became the white,\u201d Cousins announced, as they closed in on a division championship.\u00a0\u201cWe look to the East.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>Read more…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

N<\/em>ote: out of respect for our Native American readers (and non-readers) a word that is viewed by many as a racial slur has been removed from the headline and body of this article. We overlooked that in our attempt to reword the headline of the source article. We’d like to apologize to any of our readers who might have been offended, and encourage everyone to focus on the true intent of linking to the story which was to highlight how Tolkien fandom helps us all transcend labels and brings us together as a community, sometimes in the most unlooked for ways.<\/em><\/h6>\n

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