Drew-to-Boys

Use the Ignore feature on your "Reds." It saves time and sooner or later, guys like ICE lose their soapbox and move on.

Well in a way, yes. It's called "Me, Inc." The days where you could sit back and expect to work 40 hours per week for 30 years at the same employer are long gone. To be successful today, you have to think in terms of maximizing every available avenue you have to make yourself more attractive to employers (education, training, flexible location requirement, etc.). Just like you were running your own company, with a payroll of one. Unfortunately, that's a high-risk, high-stess proposition that most people aren't willing to make. It's a lot more comfortable to sit back, be a "passenger," and hope that some artificial protection from being part of a group will let you slide by. In the long run, it doesn't work, however. It's all about risk-reward. Those who take little risk and are content to stay unmarketable, will always fall behind.

Cute. I'm guessing you just went on ignore.

Has the average age of the posters on TSW decended into single digits....

I'd love to know what some of our more prolific TSW posters' would score! (Marino migh look good by comparison)

Thank you for bringing some sanity to the board today. While I'm excited about JP taking over, those accomplishments still deserve some respect. Will DB ever be takled about in the same breath as the greats. Frankly, no. But his career has hardly been Rob Johnson-like. Maybe the Tuna can add a few more good years to Drew's career.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm ...Sheridan's reference to us getting Tom Modrak a job arises from two dynamics. First, because we've mentioned the former Philly exec for several vacant G.M. jobs on several occasions in the four years since he was abruptly poop-canned by the Eagles, some folks believe we're in Modrak's back pocket. However, the fact that we routinely criticize Modrak's current boss and good friend, Bills G.M. Tom Donahoe, doesn't quite mesh with Sheridan's hypothesis, since criticizing Donahoe and the job he's done in Buffalo is a thin stone's throw from casting blame on Modrak. Second, the folks in Philly whose butts are the wax to Sheridan's nose-shaped wick still have a Woodrow for Modrak, and they all like to remind anyone who'll listen that Modrak really didn't have much to do with the construction of the NFC champs, that he didn't want to draft McNabb, that he didn't want to hire Andy Reid, that he didn't invent the cheesesteak, that the crack in the Liberty Bell wasn't his idea, etc. If anything, Sheridan's disparaging reference to Modrak confirms that the journalist and the team still have an all-too-cozy relationship, justifying our observation that Sheridan should be wearing a skirt and holding pom-poms in the press box.

No kidding. But if you look at the most successful QBs (or people in general), they all have an uncany ability to handle pressure. Starr, Montana, Brady...they all had/have that intangible "something" that enabled them to see things clearly and stay on an even keal, even in the most stressful situations. Jimbo was a terrific warrior who provided a world of great memories during his run. But he wanted to succeed so bad that he was his own worst enemy---like MOST human beings on the planet.

They just said he hold the all-time NFL record for lowest interception percentage in the playoffs...three picks in 271 attempts. Number 2 is Bart Starr.

I'm not questioning Jim's manhood...his biggest fear was of failure, never anything physical. He put too much pressure on himself and never could relax and make good decisions. I had season tickets for Jim's whole career and went to SB XXVI, so I saw as much of his play as anyone. Jim's biggest weakness was never, ever toughness...it was an inability to play within himself when the whole world was watching. In a sense, he was always playing two opponents--the other team and the self-imposed pressure he put on himself to be the "difference maker."

I believe it's called "deer in the headlights." It got progessively worse with each SB loss.

That's a weak, weak statement, but I can't say I'm surprised that I see it starting already. Turnovers by a rookie QB are a killer that no coaching can ever overcome. And forgive me, but no gameplan in NFL history ever had a QB make zero pass attempts, which is what it would have taken to keep Big Ben from flaming out today (he almost did it last week too).

The minute I saw Ben's eyes in the pre-game warmup, I knew it was all over. I'd seen that same look too many times on Jimbo's face in the four SBs. Tighter than a drum, afraid to make a mistake.... He'll have a great career, so all the trash talk on TSW today is just BS by the same folks who'd love to have him in a Bills uniform if the Steelers hadn't picked him first.

Bob Matthews wants to be Larry Felser when he grows up.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=roto...owire&type=lgns Denny Green needs to make something happen...this would be a good fit for both teams.

Yawn....slow day at work today, I see.

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That statement just about guarantees they'll go after a new QB, either by trade or through a pick. JJ loves to be the "big story" and will likely do something dramatic at the draft...there's no way they can go through another season with Vinny, and Henson's just not ready. They need a caretaker who can play one more year and then turn the team over to Henson (something to at least get the fans excited...who'd want to pay good money to watch Testaverde?). Unfortunatly, the most likely scenario is that DB gets released and the 'Boys sign him off the street.

I think Drew would be a definite upgrade to Testaverde. Since Jerry Jones is on record as saying they're "set at QB for '05," it certainly increases the possibility of seeing DB in Big D....always a good sign when a team says they're set with a 41 year old stiff and a 25 year old ex-baseball player with less than 30 minutes of actual NFL playing time.

Sounds like he'd fit right in on TSW

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/stor..._len&id=1967669 The first sign of any impending trade/personnel move is always denial! As one of the Tuna's "boys," DB would surely get a shot to unseat Testaverde. Let's keep our fingers crossed....