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Laurent Duvernay-Tardif dedicates Lou Marsh trophy to health-care workers
Canadian NFL star Laurent Duvernay-Tardif opts out of 2020 season Duvernay-Tardif won the Super Bowl as a starter with the Chiefs at the beginning of the year but he didn’t return to play in the new season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, choosing to opt out and trade the football field for the front lines in his hometown, Montreal.“In the context of the pandemic, to give such an award for sports accomplishments but also for sacrifices done outside the field, I think it’s a beautiful combination,” Duvernay-Tardif explained.“We’re a good duo to be at the image of what the Lou Marsh award is about but no, I’m not pretending to be a better athlete than Alphonso Davies, far from that,” he said while laughing.Duvernay-Tardif says that when he