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Ten years later, how ex-Ravens WR Lee Evans has handled the lowest point of his career

Lee Evans has long moved on from one of the biggest playoff gaffes in NFL history, although the former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver hasn’t moved far from Baltimore.

Evans, 40, lives a one-hour drive away in Northern Virginia, where he is busy investing in real estate and coaching his 13-year-old son in football, basketball and baseball. As a coach, one of the lessons Evans teaches comes from the lowest point of his eight-year NFL career.

“It’s not necessarily about what happens to you, it’s how you react to it,” Evans said. "I think the biggest thing, when you’re talking to kids, is letting them know that it’s OK to fail, and you’re going to fail.