Robert Foster couldn't help but remember being in the same shoes -- literally and physically.
So when a 14-year-old boy was trying on an expensive pair of Adidas Yeezy's and uncertain whether his mother could afford them, the Buffalo Bills rookie receiver stepped in.
"I just felt like how he felt," Foster said. "I would always ask my mom and dad for a certain pair of shoes and sometimes they'd do it for me, and sometimes they didn't. So I just said, 'Let me do something special for somebody today.' So I got them for him."
The story of what happened at a Buffalo-area mall in late November came to light when Lori Stearns praised Foster in a Facebook post on her page. She said her son was trying on the shoes when a customer at the register, who turned out to be Foster, asked whether she liked them.
When Stearns responded, "No way, they are too expensive," Foster insisted he'd pay for them. It was at that point that Foster introduced himself to Stearns and her son.
"It made my young man's night," Stearns wrote, while including a picture of her son and Foster on the post. "Definitely one beautiful memory he will carry into adulthood! So we wanted to thank you Robert for being so thoughtful and wishing you a very merry Christmas."
It was nothing, said Foster, who wasn't expecting to attract publicity.
"That's my motto: Give and you shall receive," Foster said. "God has been working throughout my life and my family's life, so I just wanted to do something special for the kid."
Foster's career has taken an upturn over the final half of the season. In six games since being promoted from the practice squad, the undrafted rookie out of Alabama leads Buffalo with 21 catches for 490 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Dance Fever
The New York Giants only had to get through one more week without negative headlines before their embarrassing 2018 season concluded. They almost made it, too.
Unfortunately, rookie wide receiver Jawill Davis was placed on the injured reserve list with a dislocated kneecap -- which happened while he was dancing in the locker room, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.
Davis isn't the first NFL player to suffer an injury while dancing. He can at least be thankful he didn't pull a Lamarr Houston, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury after celebrating a sack in 2014 with the Chicago Bears.
Over the limit?
Brad Rock of Salt Lake City's Deseret News, on Chargers QB Philip Rivers and wife Tiffany expecting their ninth child: "They say they're thrilled with the news, but may have to make cuts before finalizing their 53-child roster."
Sports quiz
Name the quarterback Lamarr Houston sacked before Houston suffered his torn ACL.
Sports answer
New England reserve QB Jimmy Garoppolo
TIM COOPER
Sports on 12/30/2018