It's a heavy week of organized team activities around the NFL, which means players from all over the country have to travel from wherever they live to the team facility in order to get in some practice time. (OTAs are voluntary, but many players have workout bonuses they want to receive.) Sometimes, these trips can be pretty harrowing.
Packers cornerback Davon House missed a connecting flight from Minneapolis to Green Bay, so he wound up hitching a ride with two Packers fans. Bills cornerback Shareece Wright was stuck in Chicago at O'Hare International Airport, and he needed to get all the way to Buffalo so he didn't miss OTAs.
What'd he do? He hailed an Uber, obviously.
Who takes an 8 hour @Uber from Chicago to Buffalo to make a voluntary @buffalobills practice? @ShareeceWright did, wild story. 🙌🏾
— Tamerat Berhe, Esq. (@TamBerhe) June 6, 2017
That's one of Wright's agents, who just had to ask his client how much the Uber ride actually cost. The answer? Well, a lot.
— Shareece Wright (@ShareeceWright) June 6, 2017
The cost of an @uber from Chicago to Buffalo $632.08 fare + $300 tip = $932.08 https://t.co/Esxgt9OeK8
— Tamerat Berhe, Esq. (@TamBerhe) June 6, 2017
That's some pretty impressive guesswork by Berge, who nailed the cost of the Uber (plus tip) within $70. And it's an awful nice gesture from Wright, who spent eight hours in an Uber with his driver and left a healthy gratuity in exchange for the troubles. And Wright's contract with the Bills doesn't even contain a workout bonus.
