They had never been close. He looks back and sees more interceptions than touchdowns, battles with former coaches and strained relationships in his television life, and he knows that sometimes he was too intense, too pious, too sure he had to be right. Trent Dilfer is living at Saratoga in California or in San Francisco Bay Area. The Browns would fall to 6-10. Dilfer helped Fresno State win or share the conference title for three straight seasons and started in two bowl games. Dilfer's son, 5, dies of heart disease. Dilfer spoke to the media throughout the 2003 season, but preferred to talk about football rather than his own mourning. He takes a huge gulp of Tennessee air and walks toward the lights, ready to boil the ocean once more. Dilfer enjoyed his best season during the 1997 season when he guided Tampa Bay to a 10-6 record. Already, he has brought in a group that includes Kittle, a 60-year-old attorney, philosopher and theologian from Iowa who used to coach at Oklahoma, and Trenton Kirklin, a 27-year-old offensive coordinator from Hutto, Tex., whom Dilfer sees as the “next Sean McVay type.”. Dilfer nods. “And, the most loving thing to do at that point, was to just say goodbye in a way that we felt was best.”. Finally, he has acknowledged that they were right. Trevin Dilfer was hospitalized in March with a virus that attacked his heart. Trevin was Dilfer’s only son, the little, 5-year-old blond-haired boy with the mischievous giggle who scampered about the Seahawks’ locker room, hopping into laundry carts and begging wide receiver Bobby Engram to push him around. He played 13 seasons in the NFL and was the Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens during the 2000 season. He was 5 years old. Trent and his wife rode in their friend’s Suburban for an unbearably tense two-and-a-half hour ride behind the ambulance carrying their son. What if he was Trevin’s buddy, he thinks. “Like with all kids, you learn the rhythm of when they bounce back. Among the topics Trent Dilfer talks about in the interview is the decision he and his wife, Cassandra, made to take Trevin off life support. A third down 44-yard pass to Qadry Ismail would set up a field goal before halftime, to give Baltimore a 10-0 lead. “These guys and this team meant a lot to Trevin,” Dilfer said in a short, impromptu statement on June 2. One day, at a Lipscomb basketball game, Dilfer pointed to a woman who worked at the school and told Kirklin he should ask her out. The Tragic Death of Former Saints Running Back Craig ‘Ironhead’ Heyward. “There was no nobility in my television life,” he says. After praying and seeking Godly counsel, the Dilfers made the agonizing decision to take their son off of life support. “Today was a big step because this is my family as well,” said Dilfer in an ESPN article. “Like with all kids, you learn the rhythm of when they bounce back. Whose life was he making better? Trent Dilfer’s life was spiraling out of control after the death of his son Trevin. “I know how to teach you better than anyone else how to do it. “The entire week we were faced with the decision: do we just let the machine die that’s keeping him alive, or, as the doctors put it, do the most merciful thing?” Dilfer told ESPN’s Andrea Kremer in an interview that has already been taped. 1-ranked Djokovic on Sunday. He also set the NCAA record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception (271) that stood until 2007, when Kentucky quarterback Andre' Woodson broke it. The hurting that never goes away, bringing tears to his eyes when he talks about his only son, who died 16 years ago, or the career that never matched the promise of being the sixth pick in the 1994 NFL draft. While the players will still be tested daily, they will have more freedom than during a game week. They had a son called Trevin but he died. The team is reportedly down to three candidates, including current special teams assistant Mark Michaels, and could announce a hiring as soon as today. There was purpose there — but professional passion, I think it’s all just kind of coming out now.”. He can see Kirklin coaching the perfect slant route and Kittle’s linemen blocking better than they had the night before and a team that is growing with each practice. The trainer hurries to get an air cast and a cart. He hates these words that are spilling from his mouth, so sanctimonious and self-indulgent. “If it was just high school football, I’d be a crazy man. Imagine him, Trent Dilfer, a player with a 70.2 lifetime passer rating for five teams over 13 years, teaching the child of a Hall of Fame quarterback to throw. ", "Former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer named next Lipscomb Academy football coach", Super Bowl champion starting quarterbacks, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trent_Dilfer&oldid=983447790, Players of American football from California, Short description is different from Wikidata, NFL player missing current team parameter, Infobox NFL biography articles missing alt text, Infobox NFL biography articles with old NFL.com URL, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. . [9], Dilfer joined the NFL Network as a guest analyst in 2006. “These guys and this team meant a lot to Trevin. One glass became two, which became three, then four, then five. Hasselbeck didn’t trust Dilfer, who had picked the Seahawks after the Ravens let him go following the Super Bowl win. He was almost 47 and nagged by the sensation he wasn’t doing anything meaningful with his life. If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. Naturally, it was a bummer but hardly a crisis when their five-and-a-half year-old son, Trevin, got a cold. Trent Dilfer. His wife is Cassandra Dilfer. But he knows, too, that Little P will be stronger because of this, that life’s true triumphs come from the biggest setbacks. He is married to Cassandra Dilfer, a former Fresno State swimmer, and they have three daughters (Madeleine, Victoria, and Delaney) and a son (Trevin); on April 27, 2003, after a 40-day illness, Trevin died of heart disease at the age of five. Who was he helping? He wants to invent a new offense and new ways of thinking. “Every bump we went over, we weren’t sure if he made it.”. “I think this is the passion that’s been sequestered for a while,” Dilfer says. He steps from the locker room and gazes at the field before him, now glowing in the overhead lights. Tyson Lang is the season points leader at Evergreen Speedway — and also Glacier Peak’s starting QB. POLL: Which Seattle Storm team is the greatest? Trent Dilfer is a retired NFL quarterback who played 13 seasons in the league . Finally, one Friday evening late that spring, he phoned Hasselbeck and said he was done with football. He seems happy, almost relaxed. It was the 2000 AFC Championship & the Ravens offense was backed up on its own 4-yard line. Trent Dilfer sees success as a husband and father as far more important than any Super Bowl or NFL experience. Years ago, Dilfer taught Steve Young’s son to throw a football. Trevin Dilfer was hospitalized in March with a virus that attacked his heart. [15], On a broadcast of the Cardinals and Titans preseason game in 2012, Dilfer admitted he weighed 265 lbs and was drinking himself to sleep during his tenure with the Seahawks.

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