Bobby Sewall likely is accustomed to people incorrectly pronouncing his last name, so it should come as no surprise that ESPN's Monday Night Football announce team botched it when Sewall and the Tennessee Titans played the Arizona Cardinals in a preseason game Monday in Nashville.
Nonetheless, it was exciting to hear the former Portsmouth High School football star's name on national TV. Unfortunately, Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski then clumsily segued into a conversation about fellow ESPN football guy Chris Berman, who, like Sewall, graduated from Brown University.
"See Wall" was on camera plenty in the second preseason game of his NFL career, and had a chance to make a highlight-reel play, had he not been overthrown.
The undrafted rookie went deep early in the fourth quarter, and may have had half a step on his defender, but the throw from Titans third-string quarterback Chris Simms was over Sewall's head, and Sewall went to the sideline for the next play.
He returned to the game, but the ball didn't come his way again. He blocked on some run plays, covered punts and lined up in the backfield as another Titans QB, Rusty Smith, took a knee on the final two plays of the game. When Sewall wasn't in the game, he regularly was seen when cameras turned toward the Titans' sideline.
The first cut day is a week from today, when NFL teams must pare their rosters to 75 players. If Sewall is able to survive the first round of cuts, it would be a huge step toward being on the Titans' active roster for Week 1.
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Just got a text message from the afforementioned Sewall about the near big play:
"It was my first play in the game, and when I heard it was a deep pass, I was really excited. I wanted to make a big play, and I knew Chris (Simms)would give me a chance. Unfortunately, we didn't connect. I know Chris will continue to take shots down the field. I am excited to go up and get those deep passes."
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