Over my years as a football fan I have grown to really
like some players. Not just fantasy stars either… I like certain
players for the belief system, some for the tenacity and dedication
to the game and others just because they are weird. There are
also players that I have grown to really dislike for the same
reasons. Today for no particular reason I thought I'd give you
my lists of players that I like and dislike. First of the players
I like:
Mark Brunnell
As a card carrying Christian, the son of a Baptist minister, I
like Brunnell. Do I know if he is sincere? No, I don't know but
I do know that as spokesperson Brunnell is one of the best and
has done nothing publicly that leads me to believe otherwise.
Brunnell performs on the field and lets his performance do the
trash talking for him. I don't need to be preached at in every
interview but a classy respect and testimony never hurts and Brunnell
is to me a true class act.
Reggie White
White obviously is a Christian. He might also be a racist bigot.
I'm not sure exactly but I do appreciate a man not afraid to share
his beliefs and to stand up for what he believes. Do I think the
things he said at the Wisconsin Legislature were "right"? No not
at all, but you have to admire the man's guts and commitment to
his beliefs.
Kurt Warner
Yes I made fun of his wife's hair but to do the things he has
done for his family to me makes him a role-model for all men.
Yes, all men should strive to be the man that Kurt Warner is.
The only thing that I hope does not happen to him is that he holds
out because the wrong people have gotten into his ear. Warner
deserves a big dollar contract but he does not need to hold out
to get it.
Tony Boselli
I love Boselli. I love guys that get dirty and rough and bloody
to do the job they are supposed to do. I like it when guys are
mean and nasty because the job requires them to be that way. Boselli
is the best at his job yet he still tries to improve. I hope he
returns to his previous form as he comes back from injury.
Bill Romanowksi
I know there are many of you guys saying "what the heck are you
smoking?" but I like Romanowski because his motor never stops.
I like guys bubble over with intensity. I like guys that give
it there all even when they get carried away. I don't think he
should have spit in the Stokes' face but it was fun to watch him
get carried away. I don't think he should have speared any number
of the dozens of quarterbacks he has hit but man if you're a Broncos
fan you have to be happy with the results.
Steve Tasker
I know he isn't playing anymore but tell me someone who gets more
from their talent than Tasker did? He was always running around
drilling guys then he'd line up and try to catch a pass or two.
He was Rudy!
John Randle
The face paint, the constant yammering, the barking… he is a true
original and I love it when they mic him. I could do without the
complaining but that is part of his character and all I've heard
him complain about was a lack of talent on his side of the ball.
You can't argue with that.
Kevin Greene
I like the guys that go crazy but someone that takes steel chairs
and folding tables to the head in the off-season for fun is nuts.
Greene may come back and play one more season this year and I
hope he does because he is a load of fun to watch.
Alonzo Spellman
I know he was weird because of a mental illness, but walking down
the street in your underwear brandishing a gun is weird and he
is an awesome player so he has to make my list.
Now how about some guys I don't care for at all.
Isaac Bruce
I don't care for the guys that are so fanatical about their religion
that they go so far to say that God allowed them to win. That
is saying the same thing as "We are Godly… your team isn't." That
completely downplays the importance of God in so many people's
lives as to think that God is setting in Heaven thinking… "St.
Louis hasn't won anything in 30 years this year I'll let them
win the Super Bowl." You think Dan Reeves isn't as good a Christian
as say Bill Romanowski… is that why Denver beat Atlanta?
Eugene Robinson
I won't judge Robinson for his mistake… it's not the asking for
oral sex that bothers me. It's that he didn't have any more respect
for his family or his teammates than to ask for oral sex from
an undercover cop 12 hours before the biggest game of his professional
career!
Rae Carruth
The man must worship Satan, why else would you follow your pregnant
wife's car to watch her be shot?
Jamal Anderson
I could write for days on my disdain for Anderson. I have covered
it all before, seconds left in the game that will send you to NFC
championship all you have to do is run the ball and stay in-bounds.
That works for three downs and on fourth down all Jamal Anderson
has to do is stay in bounds but he inexplicably runs out of bounds
giving the other team the ball and once last, albeit unsuccessful,
chance. When asked after the game on national television "Jamal,
why did you run out of bounds there at the end when you could have
ended the game by staying in bounds?" Jamal answers "I have a lot
more games in my career to play and I didn't want to take a chance
on injuring my knee by staying in-bounds." I swallowed my tongue
(so did Chris Collinsworth). Who would put up with this? Not me,
I have pledged to never, ever have him on one of my fantasy teams
ever again.
There you have it. That's my list… I am sure you have some guys
like this too. E-mail me your list this week, I'd love to see them.
Next week we talk to you commissioners and getting you ready for
your drafts!
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