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'I want that damn carpet': How a Baltimore student became the NFL's go-to rug maker

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74% Informative

Gordon Cartnail knits custom rugs for the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans .

The NFL MVP -winning quarterback Lamar Jackson received a custom rug for the game.

NFL Films posted the entire sideline exchange of Jackson spotting the rug and it quickly went viral on social media.

The NBA reached out for a rug for Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James .

Zay Flowers requested one of his rugs for Ravens wide receiver Zay Jackson .

Cartnail made the rugs in exchange for Flowers spreading the word.

He had no idea that NFL Films captured the moment that went viral.

He still has thousands of unopened direct messages from that "surreal" day.

VR Score

72

Informative language

66

Neutral language

74

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

33

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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