“I really do love my job. I get to go out and do what I love,” Weems told a cameraperson. “And to be able to help others...you can’t beat it.” He goes on to describe what it’s like to be a lineman: hard days of dangerous work. But that he wouldn’t change it.

A city in Georgia is mourning the loss of a lineman after a workplace injury. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, lineman Eric Weems died and another, Trent Granger, was injured while working on a project in Griffin, Ga., in the morning hours, according to a Facebook post by city officials.

If Smith were to miss, it would put Blake Freeland in line to start in his place. Matt Goncalves, the third-round rookie out of Pittsburgh serving as the team’s swing tackle, is going to start at left tackle in place of Bernhard Raimann, who is out with a knee injury.

The Indianapolis Colts announced on Saturday ahead of the team's Week 11 matchup with the New York Jets that right tackle Braden Smith has been downgraded to questionable for a personal matter. Indianapolis is already without left tackle Bernhard Raimann,