Last Monday, Broncos safety Kareem Jackson downplayed the significance of facing a Houston Texans team that drafted him in 2010 and employed him for nine years until letting him walk away in free agency.
Just another game. … Good to see familiar faces. … But the past is the past.
The usual drill.
Well, almost.
Before his foundation sponsored a holiday shopping spree ($100 gift card apiece) for 30 kids from Children’s Hospital Colorado at the Wal-Mart in Centennial, the semi-gravity of facing the Texans hit Jackson when he was asked about possibly telling his mind and body to slow down in the game’s opening minutes.