On Sunday, Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer pulled off one of the most incredible feats you’ll see all season.
Dealing with a “resolving pneumothorax” (which is a medical term for a collapsed lung), Poyer was unable to fly to Kansas City for his team’s big showdown against the Chiefs. But that wasn’t going to stop him from being there for his team when they needed him the most.
Let’s get one thing straight off the bat; playing with a collapsed lung, in and of itself, is crazy enough. Most guys just take the week off — especially when they’re not allowed to travel to the game on the team jet…
But Jordan Poyer clearly isn’t “most guys.”
The All-Pro safety made sure he was in Kansas City for the afternoon kickoff by driving 15 hours from Buffalo to K.C. And he didn’t do it alone.
We were able to get in touch with Jordan Poyer’s wife, Rachel Bush, who tagged along with Jordan for his incredible ride. And they brought their 5-year-old daughter, Aliyah Anne Poyer, along for the road trip as well!
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So how did they do it? According to Rachel, they were provided with a sprinter and a driver by the Bills. And they had to make overnight stops in Indianapolis each way, as driving 15 hours straight is not easy when you have a five-year-old child with you.
In fact, the couple was still making their way back to Buffalo as late as 5pm Eastern Time on Monday.
Via Rachel:
“on the way back now still & yes me and my daughter joined him, both ways there & back. we have a driver for a sprinter so that was nice at least…the bills got him that. Stopped in Indianapolis both there and back. Long drive for one night, with a 5 year old too…but he’s a trooper-all for the game, he did it.”
Poyer is indeed a trooper. And it clearly helped him to have the support of his family — although, that’s not to say Rachel wasn’t worried about the thought of Jordan playing through something as serious as a collapsed lung.
“What obviously worries me the most was him playing in his condition, with both the lung issue and rib, I was just ready for that game to be over with for the first time ever lol…didn’t seem like mahomes wanted to target him though! Very little action for him (for once thank God lol) everything went great. Got out of there healthy and that’s all i could ask for.”
In the end, things couldn’t have worked out any better for Jordan. He avoided further injury, his Bills got the win over their AFC rivals, and he got to spend some quality family time with his wife and daughter.
Life is good right now for Jordan Poyer and Rachel Bush. Hopefully the rest of their ride went smoothly and they were able to safely return to Buffalo.
Here are some photos from Rachel’s weekend (via her Instagram), as well as one of Jordan Poyer and his sprinter (courtesy of Rachel):
And here’s more of Rachel:
