{"id":297167,"date":"2024-04-06T02:50:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T07:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-nfler-ricky-proehl-proud-of-son-blakes-idol-run-its-been-amazing"},"modified":"2024-04-06T02:50:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T07:50:59","slug":"ex-nfler-ricky-proehl-proud-of-son-blakes-idol-run-its-been-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-nfler-ricky-proehl-proud-of-son-blakes-idol-run-its-been-amazing","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFLer Ricky Proehl Proud Of Son Blake&#039;s &#039;Idol&#039; Run, &#039;It&#039;s Been Superb&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"cb-fb4c38c8e674b3f2a41d51ff86e1b95b\">\n<p>\u201cAmerican Idol\u201d contestant and former NFL pro <strong>Blake Proehl<\/strong>\u2018s biggest fan has been revealed \u2014 it\u2019s his two-time Super Bowl champ dad, <strong>Ricky<\/strong> \u2026 \u2019cause he tells <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> his son\u2019s singing career has left him speechless!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-6533af8faba300c242acc88c20150ef9\">\n<p>Blake \u2014 a star receiver for East Carolina before joining the Minnesota Vikings in 2021 \u2014 has kickstarted quite the second career after transitioning from football \u2026 he\u2019s currently crushing it on the popular competition show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-c60da4785e85fb8ac5d787c7efae5baa\">\n<p>Now that Blake is in the top 24 on \u201cIdol,\u201d we talked to Ricky about watching his talented son on the stage instead of the field \u2026 and he\u2019s unbelievably proud, especially considering he had no idea where it came from!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cb-5fb7ad329c147a27e41f6f4f68099363\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just amazing because none of us can sing!\u201d Ricky told us this week. \u201cI can\u2019t sing, my wife can\u2019t sign, my parents, her parents \u2014 it\u2019s a gift!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p readability=\"2\"><!-- \/adman_adcode (middle) --><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-600ac73a7118afafeecb7c80ad0e4aad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Ricky \u2014 who played for six teams in the NFL from 1990-2006 \u2014 recalled the first time he heard Blake belt out a tune \u2026 and it was so powerful, he got a frog in his throat.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ff58b45d49b131b456526f8043359fbb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was an emotional moment because I couldn\u2019t believe it. Then we heard him in person and we started hearing it more and more and how talented he was and how good he sounded just blew me away in that short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-17a016e875c9f92ddfa6cb4aacc8cae5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240405_356fa7c55cc348baa770aa512e02eedc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:2f07ccdb-c3f8-4786-bbfe-c7bd249d2a68\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1712388785_334_Ex-NFLer-Ricky-Proehl-Proud-Of-Son-Blake039s-039Idol039-Run-039It039s-Been-Amazing039.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ricky proehl\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-74704377660e97cdbfa82059f10cdec0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Ricky said it\u2019s super easy to support Blake\u2019s new career path \u2026 \u2019cause he can tell just how much he loves music, just like he was with football.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5f904c00ead03c8c156c56950728ea29\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"41\">\n<p>\u201cI think it took a lot for him to walk away from a game that he loves. A game that his dad played, his brother played and to have the courage to say, \u2018Hey, Dad, I\u2019m going to pursue music.\u2019 I thought that said a lot about who he is as a person and I respect the guy. I love him for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b47a36ab05a774158f910d31e8e34772\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-458e994ecd1c3c73985e0077d78cfdfb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Despite having powerful pipes, Ricky said Blake has been nothing but humble through it all \u2026 and will continue to put in the work until he reaches his music dreams.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/ex-nfler-ricky-proehl-proud-of-son-blakes-idol-run-its-been-amazing\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAmerican Idol\u201d contestant and former NFL pro Blake Proehl\u2018s biggest fan has been revealed \u2014 it\u2019s his two-time Super Bowl champ dad, Ricky \u2026 \u2019cause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}