Playing With Heavy Heart, Jets’ Ealy Dominates on D-Line

Eariler this week, Jets defensive lineman Kony Ealy was missing from practice for what the team was only call an excused absence.  After a stellar effort that saw Ealy swat down three Blake Bortles passes, intercepting one of them, the team revealed why the lineman was away, and it’s a heartbreaking situation.

.@KonyEaly94 recently lost his sister.

With a heavy heart, he earned today’s game ball. pic.twitter.com/rdKsI5Yh42

— New York Jets (@nyjets) October 1, 2017

The team’s official twitter feed announced that Ealy’s sister lost her life earlier in the week but did not elaborate any further.

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