The Chicago Bears signed linebacker Barkevious Mingo on Sunday. He will become a primary backup to Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn while assuming a primary role on special teams. The 29-year old is certainly well-traveled. He's played for five different teams since being drafted in the 1st round back in 2013. The Bears will be his sixth. It would be easy for a guy to grow bitter about something like that.
Not Mingo. He's embraced the opportunities afforded to him. This includes taking chances to give back to charity whenever possible. Three weeks ago he did just that, joining the American Football Without Barriers program on an overseas trip to Eastern Europe.
"American Football Without Barriers (AFWB), a nonprofit foundation co-created by former NFL tight end GARY BARNIDGE that features NFL players teaching American football to men, women and children all around the globe, will head to Budapest, Hungary for its eighth-annual AFWB Football Camp Feb. 29-March 1, 2020."
There the 29-year old got to do something he probably never thought he would. Fire an actual hand cannon.
Barkevious Mingo certainly got a valuable lesson
This instance took place at Eger Castle in Eger, Hungary. It's a rather famous historical location that resisted the Turkish invasions during the country's many wars against the Ottoman Empire. The weapon he fired is called an Arquebus. It was one of the earliest forms of gunpowder weapons that eventually paved the way to rifles we know today. While not known for accuracy, the loud noise and stopping power it had was terrifying to soldiers back in the 16th century.
Mingo certainly got a taste of that. The look on his face says it all.
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