Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te haere atu a Chris Borland i te NFL i muri i tana tau tauhou nā te āwangawanga mō ngā pānga wā roa o te whara ki te mahunga. Ko te kaitiaki rārangi 24 tau te pakeke i korero ki te San Francisco 49ers i te Paraire, a, i whakapuaki i te panui i runga i te ESPN's Outside the Lines. Whai muri i te kōrero ki ngā kairangahau roro rongonui me tōna whānau, ka whakatau a Borland ki te whakamutu i tana mahi whakaari NFL. 'Kei te tino hiahia ahau ki te mahi i te mea pai rawa atu mo taku hauora,' i kii a Borland ki te whakaaturanga. 'I runga i aku rangahau me aku wheako, kāore au i te whakaaro e tika ana te tūponotanga.' Ko te kaitākaro o mua o Wisconsin Badger Borland e hopu ana i a Alfred Morris i tana tau tauhou tino tūmanako. I whakaaro ahau, "He aha taku e mahi nei? Koia nei te āhua o taku noho hei pakeke, e patu ana i toku mahunga, ina koa ko nga mea kua akona e ahau, kua mohio hoki ki nga morearea?'" E rua nga wiri a Borland i roto i tona oranga; kotahi i a ia e purei ana i te whutupaoro i te reanga tuawaru, me te mea e whai ake nei i a ia e purei ana i te whutupaoro i te kura tuarua. I kii ia i werohia ia ki te mahunga i te puni whakangungu i te tau kua hipa, a ka whiriwhiri ia ki te purei i roto i taua mea. Kua reti a Borland i te NFL i muri i te tau kotahi. Ko te tau a Borland i San Francisco i puta 107 nga mahi, e rua nga aukati, ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te NFC Defensive Player of the Week me te whiwhi pooti mo te Rookie Defensive o te Tau. Ko tana whakapuakitanga he wero anō ki te 49ers, kei roto i te āhua o te rere mai i te wā i wehe atu ai te kaiako matua o mua a Jim Harbaugh i te Bay Area. I whakatau hoki a Patrick Willis ki te reti i muri i nga tau e waru i te NFL, ki te waiho i nga 49ers i roto i te pakanga i roto i te tuunga kaha o mua. Ka hono atu a Borland rāua ko Willis ki a Jason Worilds, e 27 tau te pakeke, nāna i whakarere te Pittsburgh Steelers i muri i ngā tau e rima i te NFL, me Jake Locker, 26, nāna hoki i whakapuaki tana whakatau ki te tahuri ki muri i te kēmu. Ko Jeff Miller, te perehitini tuarua matua o te kaupapa here hauora me te ahuru o te NFL, i tukuna i roto i tetahi korero. E whakaute ana mātou ki te whakatau a Chris Borland, ā, e hiahia ana mātou kia angitu ia. Ko te takaro i tētahi hākinakina he whakatau whaiaro. 'Kaore i tino haumaru ake te whutupaoro, a kei te haere tonu ta maatau mahi ki te ture...
I kōrero a Borland ki ngā tohunga mō ngā tūkinotanga roro me ngā mema o te whānau i mua i te whakatau. 'Mai i nga mea kua rangahauhia e au me nga mea kua pa ki a au, kaore au e whakaaro he mea nui ki te tupono,' i kii te 24-tau-tau. Ka wehe ia i te 49ers i muri i te tau tauhou tino whakaari. Ko Borland te kaitākaro tuatoru o te tau whakamutunga, ka hono atu ki a Patrick Willis, Jason Worilds me Jake Locker hei kaitākaro nui i ngā rā tata nei.