I met Moffitt a couple weeks ago at a restaurant/bar pre-grand-opening training event. Don't take his joking about not working out too seriously. The guy won a state weightlifting championship in high school. Yeah, yeah, that was then, etc. Point is, he has known his way around the weight room for a long time. When I put my hand on his shoulder and back, it felt like rock. The dude is SOLID. I know, he doesn't look it on the RRR, so I was taken aback. I realize that all professional football players are big and strong, but Moffitt felt really really solid.
I love that I just typed a paragraph about what it was like to touch John Moffitt.
As for his personality, well not every human being is for everybody. When he came over to my woman and me at the bar, he snuck up on us, gave her a big hug and the good times were on. Instantly it felt like we were catching up with an old and dear friend. After introductions, we got to riffing back and forth, laughing, and carrying on. He was not goofing around or showing off, just being a fun, affable, self-deprecating, sincere dude. We hung out for 10-15 minutes and he signed my woman's jersey. At one point, we were so deep in conversation and good vibes that he accidentally drank from my beer instead of his. I didn't notice, but he did immediately and got the bartender to get me a fresh one while telling me, "You do NOT want Moffitt germs!" It was hilarious. A priceless moment.
At the end of the evening, we went over to say goodbye to him and his girlfriend. We met her earlier; she was totally sweet. John signed some Moffitt Merch and I joked about the action photo of him from 2010 that the bar management had handed out. "Who is THIS rookie?" I asked. He took one look and laughed and said, "Oh man. Oh, I bet I gave up a sack on that one too. I remember every play I ever played and yeah, Charlie (Whitehurst) was in trouble on that one." We chatted a bit more, he shook my hand for the third time that night, thanked us for the support, and said he'd tweet when he was in Olympia again.
All in all, we rapped Earth-threatening asteroids, aliens, the Star Wars missile defense system, a bunch of other tangents, and Max Unger. At the time, the most recent RRR had Max talking about how everyone comes up to him talking about Moffitt, so I switched it up, saying, "Man, on the Real Rob Report that Max Unger is so awesome!" He got a kick out of it, and said Max is his best friend. It was an exceptional night and I'll always be glad that he was the first Seahawk I ever met.
Here he is sneaking up on us:
And being huge and cuddly:
For perspective, I'm 6'2" 200 lbs.
