Raiders TE Ian Thomas Staying Grounded Through Life's Ups and Downs

Mon, Aug 24, 2026

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How does that help you through the ups and the downs, um, of the It keeps you grounded, right?

Like you have something to, to fall back on when things aren't going great, whether that's, um, I don't know, you're, you're, you're talking to your wife or your pastor, you know, we have different people that come in the building um to uh talk to us or give us service because obviously yesterday was Sunday and we was in here practicing so you can't really get out to go to church.

Um, the church in Fayetteville where my wife is from, we're just talking about trusting God and, um, You know, I don't know, just a bunch of stuff that, you know, you get sent these things on Sundays and obviously we've played Sundays, so you can't uh go to church.

But uh the more you can be in your faith is, is, is better, right?

Then when things get tough, it's like, well, what, where do I turn now because during the week it's like, well, you can't really go to Bible study on Wednesdays because Wednesdays are usually the harder days or you get out 4 or 5 p.m. so, um Yeah, it's been great with um everyone in the building kind of supporting each other and then pushing guys to fit more faith-based things.

It's, it's, it's, it's, it's been pretty good in my life, so I, I try to, you know, push it around the tighter room like, hey guys, like I think you guys should go to chapel this weekend on Saturdays, you know, so it's been pretty good.