# NFL players save woman from being raped in park

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-players-save-woman-from-being-raped-in-park/938951>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-nfl\
**Created:** [March 29, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-players-save-woman-from-being-raped-in-park/938951 "2021-03-29T07:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-players-save-woman-from-being-raped-in-park/938951/1 "2021-03-29T07:20:17Z")

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here’s some good news about a couple of NFL players for a change

> **[Police say Patriots offensive lineman Justin Herron prevented sexual assault...](https://www.aol.com/sports/patriots-offensive-lineman-justin-herron-221836639.html)**
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> Justin Herron said he rushed to action once he realized the woman needed help.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-players-save-woman-from-being-raped-in-park/938951/2 "2021-03-29T08:57:58Z")

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Thank you, some good news is welcome.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-players-save-woman-from-being-raped-in-park/938951/3 "2021-03-29T13:07:11Z")

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I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want Herron pissed at me. Imposing. Good for him.

[aside]I think that’s the first time I followed a link to AOL since the 1990s.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-players-save-woman-from-being-raped-in-park/938951/4 "2021-03-29T14:49:28Z")

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A correction to the OP; the second person who assisted, Murry Rogers, is not an NFL player. He is a local in Tempe where the attack took place. Justin Herron is an offensive lineman for the New England Patriots who was training in Tempe.

[![](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f44c422/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7b%2Fdb%2F96506d90458e8a4e71605f6df857%2Fjustin-herron-murray-rogers.jpg) ](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f44c422/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7b%2Fdb%2F96506d90458e8a4e71605f6df857%2Fjustin-herron-murray-rogers.jpg)

Murry Rogers is the one on the left. As if I’d need to point out which guy is in the NFL and which isn’t…