ATLANTA — KhaDarel Hodge’s left thigh pad has the silhouette of a guitar on it. His right thigh pad reads “Rock Out” in script letters. They are the remnants of a touchdown celebration he developed when he played in Cleveland, one of many stops in a long and mostly anonymous football career.
Hodge mimics breaking a guitar, taking another one out of its case and playing air guitar. Thursday night would have been the perfect time to do it. Unfortunately, the Atlanta Falcons wide receiver “blacked out,” he said.
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Hodge, a reserve wide receiver on the field only because Drake London suffered an injury on the previous play, caught a 45-yard
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