Cool Idea of the Day: NFL Player's Book Club

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett "wants to try something new with his teammates: a book club," ESPN reported, adding that the lineman "pitched the idea to Seahawks vice president of player engagement Maurice Kelly, and Kelly liked what he heard. The first book on the list is Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell."

"Try to get a book and try to have a good conversation about it," Bennett said of his book club game plan. "Read a couple chapters and just go through it. 'What's your take on it? What's your opinion on it?' It's going to be pretty cool." Thus far, his teammates "have been receptive. I tell them don't waste too much time staying on the phone all the time. Every once in awhile, open up a book."

"People think that he just talks, but he does research," Kelly noted. "He reads a lot. He's not just talking to be talking, just to hear himself. Sometimes it comes across as if he's just talking just to hear himself talk. But he knows his history. He leaves his books all over the damn place. I see 'em in my office all the time." Regarding the book club, he added: "It's a good thing, kind of taking everybody out of their comfort zone. I don't know too many guys who read a lot of books. Mike reads. But to put the onus on everybody else, to challenge everybody else, I'm accepting the challenge."

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