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Not even being a part of the operation to kill Usama bin Laden<\/a> could take sports fandom out of the equation.<\/p>\n

Robert O’Neill<\/a> was in Afghanistan as part of SEAL Team 6 in April 2011, days away from the mission that was nearly a decade in the making.<\/p>\n

However, despite being on the other side of the globe, O’Neill still had one of his priorities in order – his favorite team, the then-Washington Redskins, had the 10th selection in the draft.<\/p>\n

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Suddenly, he no longer cared about the draft during what he admitted was a “weird time to be in Afghanistan.”<\/p>\n

O’Neill knew that if Operation Neptune Spear did not go as planned, he might not make it home alive.<\/p>\n

“I remember watching the NFL Draft, and I was on a treadmill thinking the Redskins need an offensive tackle,” O’Neill said on OutKick’s “The Ricky Cobb Show.”<\/a> “And then on the treadmill suddenly realizing, \u2018It doesn\u2019t matter to me, I guess; I\u2019m gonna be dead next week.\u2019”<\/p>\n

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It all worked out for O’Neill. His Redskins took defensive end Ryan Kerrigan<\/a>, so it was not the tackle he wanted (Nate Solder was the next pick), but luckily for him, his worries about the Redskins were over \u2013 for now.<\/p>\n

The mission proved to be successful, and O’Neill came home alive, and he got to see Kerrigan make four Pro Bowls in a Washington uniform.<\/p>\n

In fact, Washington did not even take an offensive lineman until the seventh round, but it is hard to be mad at the organization for selecting Kerrigan.<\/p>\n

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