Dak Prescott praises the Marshawns in the years of his brother’s death

– Bunkba Dak Prescott joined the rest of the Dallas Cowboys in remembering their late teammate, the defensive end Marshawn Kneelandwho died by suicide at the age of 24 on Thursday, November 6.

Prescott, 32, his brother Jase He died of a homicide in April 2020, and spoke passionately about how the team could return to playing football while mourning a friend.

“They’ve dealt with a loss, which is great medicine for me,” Prescott told ESPN in a story published on Thursday, Marshawn 13.

The cowboys are getting ready to play the las vegas raiders on monday, november 17. It will be their first game since sudden death.

“I know it was a good practice,” Prescott said. “A lot of guys were there, good energy, good weather. Like I said, we don’t forget, but we keep moving forward and keep shining.”

Cowboys defensive lineman Solomon Thomas He also faced a similar tragedy, after losing his sister, Ellato kill yourself in 2018. His speech struck a similar tone at Poscott’s.

“The only way I know how to get out of it, to move forward from such a painful situation, is to live that person, take the memories you got from them, and use them in your life every day,” she said.

Thomas, 30, also talked about better money for better mental health services. She and her family receive a nonprofit benefit for the line of defense in 2021, to Ella’s credit for organizing to help end the teen suicide epidemic.

“We’ve lost a lot of wonderful people in it,” she said. “People who should be here helping their loved ones. Spending birthdays with their loved ones, watching people get married. Have some kind of ability to cry and be sad.”

Thomas emphasized that it is not always easy to tell when someone is fighting. He remembered Keeland as someone who “smiled every day.”

“He was happy, he was listening to music, he was dancing all the time,” said Thomas. “But this thing with mental health and suicide. You never know what someone is going through. Someone can smile, someone can smile, laugh, and fight a battle you never knew about.”

He added, “You don’t know what the chemicals are telling them in their brains. You don’t know the sadness from their childhood. You don’t know everything they’re going through, that’s why it’s so important to be kind.”

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