![]() ![]() Everyone knows Jon Beason is a dynamic linebacker and that Jordan Gross is one of the best left tackles in the NFC. That talent extends beyond the the guys that we’re already familiar with. As hard as it may be to believe, there is some talent on that roster. She has also written for a Carolina Panthers fan is not as bad as it seems.Īnd I’m not referring to the wholesale changes that are on the way as Ron Rivera makes his mark. She was the Jets correspondent for, SportsNet New York’s and Sirius NFL Radio. Lisa Zimmerman is a long-time NFL writer and reporter. And it remains to be seen if Mitchell will once again follow in his brother’s footsteps when he too has completed his NFL experience. I really enjoy it and I’m always thinking about my next move.”Īs the brothers head in different career directions for the first time, the family will at least be able to put all of its fan support behind one team. I learned a lot of techniques the differences between TV and radio. Meeting all the executives and getting their feedback. “I did the NFL Broadcast Boot camp in 2016. “I’ve been planning for after football for at least three years,” said Geoff, who has now done a variety of online writing, and broadcast, including both television and radio. It also added to his growing media resume. “It was awesome,” Geoff said of the experience. It is a light-hearted look at all aspects of their lives including the fact that they are the first Jewish brothers to play in the NFL since 1923. “Which I think is ridiculous.”Īnd speaking of books, in 2016, the brothers wrote a book with author Seth Kaufman called, “Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith. “ always said I was book smart and not common sense smart,” Mitchell said. But, in a heart-warming turn, both agree that Mitchell is smarter – with one caveat. Of course, each thinks he is the better looking. “The guy opposite him didn’t want to do anything against him because he was worried would give away secrets.” “ was playing on the scout team imitating me,” Mitchell said. And then there was that one time they played against each other, in 2013, in which they maintained their loyalty to their own teams, but a couple of teammates were wary. The two never played on the same NFL team, but they speak all the time and that doesn’t change during football season when they also talk technique and strategy. The brothers have always been close so having Geoff lay the groundwork in football and the NFL was certainly advantageous. But they sold me by letting me be a quarterback and then they moved me to the offensive line.”īaseball faded into the background as Mitchell ended up playing football at Berkeley before being a second-round Draft pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2012. At the time, Geoff was a senior and they realized my size was pretty rare (6’ 4”, 250 pounds in ninth grade) and I was a good athlete and that offensive line was my future. I was able to throw a football pretty hard. “I was bigger than all the kids and I threw hard. “I got tricked into playing,” he said with a laugh. Meanwhile, although his older brother had started playing, Mitchell still had no intention of stepping onto a football field. But, baseball and football scouts had different ideas and Geoff was recruited by Oregon to play football for the Ducks, ultimately being selected by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Geoff started practicing, but at that point knew nothing about football and played only one play in his freshman year – on defense.Īlthough his football skills improved along the way, Geoff still held out hope of going to college to play baseball and ultimately become an attorney. I showed up the first day of school and the JV football coach was my teacher and he said, ‘So, do you want to practice?’” But, I didn’t know we had to show up at practice the first day. “I went to the booth for my high school and said I wanted to play football and inquired how to do it. “When I was in middle school there was a sports fair for high school,” Geoff recalled. It wasn’t until middle school that Geoff, three years older than Mitchell, stepped onto a football field and even then, it wasn’t a completely smooth start. There was no history of football in the family. Their father is a business man and their mother is an attorney. So, the fact that Geoff had a nine-year NFL career as an offensive guard, and Mitchell is now a five-year veteran offensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs, is something of a surprise. Growing up in Los Angeles, baseball was their game, with basketball a close second. ![]() Neither Geoff nor Mitchell Schwartz ever imagined that one of them would play in the NFL, let alone both. By Lisa Zimmerman, Player Engagement Insider
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