'She would have loved this.' Za'Darius Smith fulfills his late mother's wish

'She would have loved this.' Za'Darius Smith fulfills his late mother's wish

Numerous figures across NFL history, from Phillip Rivers to Vince Lombardi, have evoked and linked those three principles as core values. Za’Darius Smith brought them to life in his first home game as an Atlanta Falcon by arranging for a Greyhound bus to bring a large congregation from Harrison Street Baptist Church in Greenville, Alabama, to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to watch him play. In doing so, he fulfilled his late mother Sharon’s long-held wi…