Running Black

Drafted with the 54th overall pick of the 1999 NFL draft, Mike Cloud was seemingly given every opportunity for success...
...or was he? 
 
Seemingly being set up for success at every turn - including a unanimous all-american vote in 1998 - Cloud was somehow unable to turn that into meaningful production with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2000, even with a myriad of injuries to other players on the roster.
In his tell-all memoir, Mike Cloud finally takes us through the darkest and most sinister unseen elements of the NFL that held him back from greatness. What follows is a wild ride through the inexplicable horrors that tormented Cloud during his NFL career. 
From his infamous nadrolone suspension (and subsequent lawsuit) to his inability to crack the depth chart on the New England Patriots despite injuries to Kevin Faulk and Corey Dillon in 2003, Mike Cloud relives these moments and more.