NFL player's Ferguson post goes viral

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(CNN) -- Benjamin Watson, a tight end for the New Orleans Saints, came home Monday night after a tough loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

It was late and surely he was worn out.

He turned on the television and saw everything that was going on in Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of the grand jury decision.

As he fixated at the screen, his heart hurt for the people there.

The next day, he started to deal with his emotions -- and there were many. Watson, in his 11th NFL season, likes to write down his feelings, so throughout the day he jotted them on his iPhone.

While sitting in a Target parking lot as his wife shopped, Watson went back and put the notes together into an emotional Facebook post.

One you've probably heard about. And possibly read.

That post has 427,000 shares and more than 760,000 likes. There were 78,000 comments at last look.

In 611 words, Watson writes he is angry, frustrated, fearful, embarrassed, sad, sympathetic, offended, confused, introspective, hopeless, hopeful and encouraged.

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NFL player's Ferguson post goes viral