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ENGLEWOOD Anthony Nelson Jersey , Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen began his day the same way every day: grabbing two sticks of Big Red gum from the equipment room and then stopping by the training room for updates from head athletic trainer Steve Antonopulos.“Our conversations went from the players’ injuries to the players’ families to his issues,” Antonopulos recalled. “The trusted relationship that we had with each other has been phenomenal.”The Bowlen family announced Tuesday that Antonopulos, affectionately known as “Greek,” and now the team’s director of sports medicine, will present Bowlen into the Pro Football Hall of Fame during the enshrinement ceremony in Canton, Ohio Jeffery Simmons Jersey , on Aug. 3.Antonopulos will become just the second athletic trainer to serve as a Hall of Fame presenter, joining Ed Abramoski, who presented former Buffalo Bills guard Billy Shaw in 1999.“I’m so humbled and honored that they have chosen me to do this. It means a lot to me. It’s a great honor,” said Antonopulos, who is the only employee who has worked full time at the Broncos’ training facility since Bowlen bought the team in 1984.Antonopulos’ 43 years as a Broncos athletic trainer are believed to be the most in NFL history with a single team and include 37 seasons (1980-2016) as the team’s head athletic trainer.Antonopulos said that when he presents Bowlen, he wants to make sure to convey how much Bowlen put winning atop his to-do list and how he genuinely cared for everyone who worked for him.The two became fast friends as a result.“It all started with him coming in and asking about players,” Antonopulos said. “Nobody cared about players more than Mr. Bowlen. He liked to communicate with them Nate Davis Jersey , not because he wanted to rub elbows, but because he cared about them.”Antonopulos said Bowlen’s competitive drive was overshadowed only by his compassion for others, something that became apparent when he won his first Super Bowl trophy and immediately dedicated it to his quarterback, John Elway.“That guy was crazy the way he worked out. We all know that he was involved in triathlons and that kind of thing, but it was unbelievable the way he worked here. He’d come into the training room and work for an hour, and I’m like, ‘Man Tytus Howard Jersey , this is unbelievable how this guy is,'” Antonopulos said. “During the playoffs, he was always in finding out everything he could to win. Then when we finally did, you really saw his compassion if you think about it: ‘This one’s for John.’“It was about all John went through and how he embraced that. He wanted that for John. Not only himself, but like I said, he’s a humble man. It just breaks his heart to see the way that he is. It’s just a neat thing that he’s being inducted into the Hall of Fame.” Big names are constantly on the move in the NFL and most of the time it comes via free agency. There have been some huge deals done in history with guys that you would never imagine leaving their respective teams such as Reggie White, Julius Peppers Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey , and more recently Peyton Manning. The fact of the matter is that the NFL is a business at the end of the day and you can be loved one day and gone the next. Bill Belichick will cut a guy who won him the Super Bowl last Sunday if it means he will have to pay him more now. Free agency can put some teams into contention and put others scratching their heads on where exactly their money went. A lot of times a guy can have a huge season and then sign a big deal somewhere else and not produce nearly as he did before. Why is that? Well the coaching and team play just as big of a role in a players production as the player does himself. How many times have we seen no name players blow up after coming to a team? On the other hand, how many times have seen guys dominate on one team and come to another and be almost invisible?One of the biggest issues is if the team a player goes to is actually the right move for him or if that team will not be the best place for what he brings to the table. With that being said, here are 10 players who signed with the wrong teams and 10 who found themselves in perfect situations this offseason.