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“I’m just praying for everyone down there to stay strong and be smart, and I’m thankful for anyone who’s been helping out.”

Having grown up less than 45 minutes from Houston in Katy, Texas, most of Mitchell’s family is still in the area. Thankfully, they’re all safe, and the quarterback’s father was able to send some blankets over to his junior high school, which has been turned into a shelter to help those who have fled their flooded homes.

Davis, meanwhile, grew up in nearby Crockett, Texas, but fully calls Houston home in the off-season. His mother was able to leave Houston just before the worst of the flooding began, but he knows many others who weren’t so lucky.

“A lot of my people have been affected by it. I have a lot of family and friends who had to be rescued or evacuated from their places,” Davis said. “A lot of people lost everything, and being up here, I feel helpless. All I can do is send my condolences and prayers and let them know I’m with them mentally, even if I’m not there physically.”

Even though the worry about their friends and family never fully leaves them, both Mitchell and Davis said Wednesday that they’ve been able to separate the personal from professional when they’re in team meetings or practising on the field.

When they step off, though, they’re receiving constant updates about the trajectory of Hurricane Harvey and doing their best to provide those at home with whatever support they can.

That means phone calls and text messages and plenty of thoughts and prayer. For Davis, it also means a trip back home as soon as the Stamps finish their Sept. 29 game against the Montreal Alouettes and enter their second bye-week of the season.