Mistakes in big games haunt even the oldest of players in the National Football League. Green Bay Packers tight end Marcedes Lewis said he “had nightmares” after a pivotal first-half fumble during his team’s playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers in January.
With the Packers leading 7-0 and driving for more in the first quarter, Lewis caught a short pass from Aaron Rodgers in the flat but was immediately stripped from behind by 49ers linebacker Fred Warner, creating a turnover and robbing the Packers of all of the game’s momentum.
“It’s something that for at least a month and a half, I had nightmares about,” Lewis told Wes Hodkiewicz of Packers.com. “But I’m able to confront the truth and look in the mirror every day because I know I never leave anything out on the field. I always give what I got.”
