“Most Manly Thing”- 49ERS Star DE In An Emotional Appeal Urges Peers to Open Up & Have Real Conversations on Mental Health

The San Francisco 49ers are the King of the Hill right now. But being in the NFL comes at a price. We can ask that to the Dallas Cowboys, especially Dak Prescott who is facing slander from the fans, as well as the media. From questions regarding his contract to mean comments from Skip Bayless and LeSean McCoy, who called Prescott “A**” on live TV, he has seen it all. Of course, it doesn’t help with his mental health. That’s also what the 49ers’ DE Arik Armstead is here to discuss.

Armstead recently went on an interview with Jay Glazer and explained perfectly how football has its ups and downs with an interesting anecdote of his. Hopefully, this maturity runs through the 49ers franchise in the years to follow.

Arik Armstead makes a confession

A Fox Sports Radio video on X gives us a snippet of the conversation that Armstead and Glazer had. The DE starts by saying how shared adversity has brought the team together and that there are no better people to share their troubles with than one’s own teammates. He sounds grateful to be able to have such people around him. He mentions how things regarding mental health have changed in the last few decades with his anecdote.

Apparently, Armstead said something that he shouldn’t have said at the wrong place and the wrong time. The teammate in question confronted Armstead about his behavior the next day. Armstead apologized to his teammate for embarrassing him. “I feel terrible, I’m sorry” said Armstead to his teammate. Back in the day, according to Armstead, the situation would be much different and much worse. “Stop being a wuss,” said the host, exemplifying the past.

Armstead respects the courage that his teammate showed in confronting him. “That’s more manly than anything” said Armstead, describing the situation.

The good deeds of the 49ers

Talking about mental health, the 49ers do their part and enough for society. They regularly participate in mental health drives with Counseling and Support Services for Youth (CASSY) to help middle schoolers manage their stress and remove the stigma around mental health. Not only this, the 49ers staff and players distributed Suicide Prevention Kits around the Bay area in conjunction with Mobilize Love.

In addition to this, the 49ers have a support system that people can reach by phone or online. The institution is set up to help people with things like financial support, legal consultations, parenting, and adult care, to name a few. Safe to say that the 49ers take mental health very seriously.

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They would need to muster all the willpower and come up with good mental health as they go against the Cleveland Browns soon.

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