Jamal Haap
Jamal Happ, native son of Franklin Falls, is the starting quarterback for the NFL’s Franklin Federals.
With the NFL combine in full swing, Franklin is buzzing with draft talk. Will the Feds look for an heir apparent to QB #jamalHaap? Co-offensive coordinators Gina and Bill Kincaid are said to covet Justin Herbert's size and arm talent.
Said Haap, "I like it. We're too ugly off walking off the bus."
#goFeds
With the Franklin Federals’ season starting Sunday, everyone in town was talking about quarterback Jamal Haap’s knee.
The Examiner had been reporting for weeks that the starting quarterback’s absence from preseason games was “part of the plan,” but TruFranklin.com begged to differ, quoting one Arby’s manager as saying, “We see him every day, and I’m telling you, he can barely walk.”
Coach Tim Thogge (”thaw-gee”) considered the story a big nothingburger.
“Jamal knows his body, he’ll be ready for the Saints,” Thogge said, referencing the Feds’ week one opponent.
Pool reporters, catching up with Jamal in the parking lot at Feds Field, asked the Franklin Falls native to comment on the Arby’s story.
In response, Haap stepped from his Lotus with no discernible limp, commandeered a football from a group of local kids playing pickup, and sent a spiral soaring between two banks of stadium lights into the press box.
The Examiner’s Kim Melendez, writing up a story on the continuing holdout of shutdown cornerback Magner Paine, caught the bomb on two bounces — fortunately the windows were open. Miss Melendez estimated the throw at 80 yards.
As the kids hooted (Haap later replaced their ball with an autographed one), the Fed’s five-time Pro Bowl signal caller said to the pool reporters, “Talk to me about Arby’s *now*.”
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