A Patriots fan who was harassed by a Raiders fan during his first NFL game got a call from Robert Kraft, himself, after a video of the heckling went viral.
Edmond was even seen on the TV broadcast celebrating a crucial interception next to Kraft as New England surged back into the game., he said"it felt nice" that many people recognized him.A video of Edmond's calm-under-pressure moment at the Raiders game went viral, viewed millions of times.
Robert Kraft left a voicemail and two tickets for a Pats fan who kept his cool as a Raiders fan hassled him in a video that went viral."It all started when the woman comes up to me and she tells me it is disrespectful that I am cheering for the Patriots in the Raiders' stadium," Edmond said Thursday.
Jonnu Smith of the New England Patriots hosted an event at the Boys & Girls Club of Boston's Yawkey Club of Roxbury to treat families to Thanksgiving dinner."At first I didn't fully understand what she was saying, I kind of just brushed it off and let it go," Edmond recalled."My best bet is just to kind of sit here and ignore you.
"I didn't want this woman to ruin my day, ruin this, because at the end of the day, it was still my first experience at an NFL game," he said."I didn't want my day to get ruined, or anyone else's day, so I tried to keep my cool there." Afterward, Edmond got a surprise phone call from Kraft, who left him a voicemail thanking him."I think you represented our brand in a very classy way," Kraft said in the message."I love to see that you stayed true and first-class in an environment that could have been provoking."
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