NASHVILLE Renell Wren Jersey , Tenn. (AP) — with help from discounted meals at work and food from his junior college coach. Josh Jacobs had days when he ate only if he stole something.Brown put on about 10 pounds his first week at Oklahoma, and Jacobs gained about 30 at Alabama, helping turn him into a Southeastern Conference running back.It’s why the two likely first-round NFL draft picks happily helped volunteers fill 8,000 backpacks for hungry children Wednesday morning as part of a league initiative, Huddle Against Hunger. Both Brown and Jacobs know too well what the cans of soup, the cookies and chips mean to someone with an empty belly.“Especially being from my background and doing this type of lifestyle that I had and not knowing if I was going to eat certain days, it’s definitely dope just to be able to give back,” Jacobs said.Brown could have used one of those backpacks himself within just the past three years.“I had no food, I had nothing http://www.bengalsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-michael-jordan-jersey ,” Brown said. “So just doing this I know the impact it has on someone’s life.”Growing up as the middle of five children with only his father around in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jacobs slept at times in cars and motels.“There’s been a lot of days I had to steal to eat,” Jacobs said. “So I mean just to be able to give back on that, especially with food, it’s huge. Something … a lot of people that we don’t really appreciate that much. But it’s definitely huge to be able to give back.”Brown was barely 140 pounds when he arrived at College of the Canyons in California needing to work on both his grades and add some weight. Junior college had to be paid for, and the native of Hollywood, Florida, also needed a place to live while trying to attract the attention of a Division I program.“So I had to get a job at Six Flags,” Brown said. “That was really to cover my rent. I had rent Greedy Williams Jersey , and I had school to pay for. So that left me with about $20 for food. I mean, you can’t really do much with $20.”Brown stretched that $20 going to Family Dollar and stocking up on ramen noodles, cereal and frozen food. He ate at Six Flags when working to take advantage of discounted meals for employees. His junior college coach also helped.“My head coach, he brought cereal in for me, different type of foods just so I could have a meal,” said Brown, who brought that coach to Nashville to enjoy the draft that begins Thursday night.Brown earned his way to Oklahoma, where he didn’t have to worry about food in 2017 and 2018. Now he’s listed at 166 pounds and still light enough that some question whether the 5-foot-9 receiver can survive a 16-game NFL season. His answer? Just wait.“Going to the NFL getting more time, getting more development with nutrition and in the weight room, I feel like I’m going to put my body in the best shape http://www.brownsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-sione-takitaki-jersey ,” Brown said.The backpacks will be delivered Friday morning as the NFL kicked off its community programs celebrating its 100th season. The Tennessee Titans, who helped lure this year’s draft to Nashville, also donated $50,000 each Wednesday to Second Harvest and the Bridge Ministry.Hearing how many children deal with hunger was surreal for Jacobs. That only reinforced his desire to help feed people once he’s in the NFL.First, he’s hoping to celebrate Thursday night with his family for the next step of his journey.“It’s definitely dope to experience all this together,” Jacobs said. “Everything that we experienced growing up and to be able to be on this stage … where I can take care of them for the rest of my life and change the culture of my family, change the narrative, it’s definitely huge for me.” It seems like just yesterday that we witnessed the largest comeback and largest choke-job in Super Bowl history as the Patriots defeated the Falcons. But it’s actually been nearly 5 months and the NFL offseason has come and nearly gone. Rookie mini-camps and OTAs have wrapped up and training camp is just a month away. It’s hard to believe that the 2017 season is just around the corner and that means it’s time to look back at what exactly transpired this offseason.As we all know, the team and/or teams that win the offseason aren’t usually the teams that win come January and February. Highly drafted rookies don’t always pan out as expected, new coaches don’t prove to be good fits Sheldrick Redwine Jersey , and big-name free agents look better on paper than they do on the field. There are so many things than can make, or break, a team’s offseason not only for the impending season but for the franchise’s next decade or so. Just look at the Buffalo Bills: they still haven’t recovered from their 2000 offseason in which they cut three future Hall of Famers (Andre Reed, Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith) and drafted a 1st round bust in Erik Flowers. The season before the Bills made the playoffs but they haven’t sniffed the postseason in the 17 years since then!What mistakes from this offseason will be on par with those? Who will be regretting the moves they made in April come September? We’ll take a look back at the worst of the worst when it comes to NFL teams this offseason as we present the biggest mistake all 32 NFL teams made this offseason.