By Jane Wells
Eric Decker has it pretty rough.
He’s gorgeous. He has a gorgeous wife. They just had a baby. They have their own reality show on E! Decker is a professional football player who spent three years with the Denver Broncos and has been traded to the New York Jets.
What a train wreck.
As Decker struggles to adjust to a new life in a new city with a new baby … rolling in the money … Ruffles has hired the wide receiver to be its frontman for a funny promotion called “Rough Life.”
In a handful of Youtube videos, Decker helps mock problems that aren’t really problems, with lots of potato chip-eating along the way. (Frankly, eating potato chips has always been my go-to solution to any problem, though Eric Decker can feel free to help me anytime.)
In my favorite clip, a man faces a dilemma. He promised his gal a “date night,” but it’s the same night as the NFL draft. Decker steps in to play the guy’s double (as if), and the girlfriend/wife is none the wiser, until she grabs his muscled arm.
Move over, Clay Matthews, football may have a new funny man.
The videos are part of a tie-in with the NFL Draft on May 8. Fans can tweet their problems-which-aren’t-really-problems and win prizes. A couple of my favorite tweets include, “Overhearing the doctors debating on whether they’re gonna get this BMW or that Mercedes,” by @wojckv14, and, from @MaChapp3, “Toughest Decision of the day: beach or pool?”
Ruffles, owned by Frito-Lay, owned by Pepsico, won’t reveal what it’s paying the football player to promote the online-only campaign. But why pick Eric Decker?
A company rep said: “Decker was the perfect choice because his life is a #RoughtLife story … he moved from an NFL franchise where he was already well-established, to a team in one of the most exciting cities in the world.”
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