San Francisco are a united drive because the NFL nears the postseason and its bonding appears to circulation off the sector as properly.
Pranks and jest amongst a staff are at all times indicators of a thriving franchise and the Niners are nailing that too.
Pictures emerged of a $322,391.05 invoice racked up by members of the staff, with many shops reporting it as reality. As an alternative, the crew racked up a extra affordable $7500 tab.
Nevertheless, cross rusher Arik Armstead dismissed the rhetoric, revealing it was a prank on rookie teammates.
San Francisco 49ers rookies didn’t must pay for a $332k dinner, as an alternative splitting $4500
‘Y’all foolish when you thought a dinner can price 300k,’ he stated. ‘It was a prank. The waitress went overboard.
‘The dinner was 7500 me and a couple of different vets gave 1k in the direction of it. The rooks break up 4500.
‘We had a good time too,’ Armstead added. ‘I had good vets as a younger participant I’d by no means do a rookie like that.’
Stud cross rusher Arik Armstead clarified that the preliminary invoice was merely a prank on the rookies
Rookie dinners – the place gamers of their first yr can fork out hundreds of {dollars} throughout meals with elder teammates – are one thing of a ceremony of passage within the NFL.
It’s a custom which has carried on many years. There are different examples corresponding to compelled to hold a veteran’s luggage, adopting crude haircuts, and as seen in baseball; dressing up as ladies.
Regardless of a lighter pockets, issues appear moderately rosy for San Francisco sitting at 10-4, at the moment occupying the No. 3 seed within the NFC.
Arik Armstead (R) and Nick Bosa (L) have been vital to a fearsome 49ers entrance this season
