As my friend Bruce Hale has said about me: "The boy has issues." My reply
would be: "More issues than Publisher's Clearing House." These are individuals
that made their way on to my own personal NFL Sh8t List.
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BARRY FOSTER Former NFL Running Back
My beef with Barry is just that he was a great player, who's career
was cut short by injury. I don't fault him for that, what torques me is that
he decides to come out of retirement. At a time I was desperate for a running
back on my fantasy team.
Barry showed up for the first practice, and announces an hour later that
he was wrong and gave back the money he signed for! He of course decided this
after the deadline for me to get another player. I should have sent him a bill
for the transaction fees! |
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STEVE EVERITT Former NFL Center
Who is he? He's nobody really. Steve was a member of the 1996 Baltimore Ravens that came along when the team moved from Cleveland. My first problem with this nozzle was that in the Ravens' first pre-season game he's on the sidelines wearing a Browns bandana. And for the record, Steve never said "F you" to Art Modell. He was an UFA in 1997 and was signed by Philly in late spring; his five-year deal was cut short after three season because of many attitude problems. |
LINDY INFANTE Former NFL Head Coach
This is the king of Sh8t Island. My problem is simple. In one of the
leagues we required a player to be listed as "out" on the injury report to drop
him. I had Colts QB Jim Harbuagh, who was standing on the sideline, in street
clothes, and his throwing hand in a cast.
Lindy listed him as DOUBTFUL and I could never drop Harbaugh. In fact it was
the catalist for the league to change the policy. To this day the name Infante is
considered a dirty word around me. |
DREW CAREY Cleveland Fan
I USED to find Mr. Carey humorous. But here the poster child for the
"whiner" Browns fan, a subset of Browns backers. Baltimore had been villified
by the media and NFL, and Mr. Carey was in his rights to take his pound of flesh
from Art Modell.
But it was not only Mr. Carey's shots at Baltimore, but his comments at the
first Browns game. "to all those guys and their Cleveland jokes... shut up!".
Sorry, from our perspective no one was telling Cleveland jokes, and as for those
Baltimore jokes... whatever. |
KURT WARNER Quarterback - St. Louis Rams
Why? Because he is Kurt Warner. First off, I got tired of the underdog-
working class-squeaky-clean guy beat the odds and made the big time. The way the
media fawned over him would have made Frank Capra puke.
Plus beside being a fantsy football pain in my neck. It seems that every yutz
that took him grudging, is now proclaiming themselves football geniuses. I can
attest that luck plays a big part in both fields. If it weren't for Wayne Newton,
I would call him the Anti-Christ. |
PAT SUMMERALL Commentator
Pat was a great commentator... WAS! Pat's work over the past few years are a sad shadow of his glory days. He has become a joke, and it's painful to hear Madden prop him up. He should been like Cronkite, go out on top as a legendary figure.
My favorite Summerall moment: Eagles RB Duce Staley is sidelined because of injury. On Duce's knee, a bag with "ICE" written on it in large letters. Pat says: "There's Staley with something on I believe on his knee, I think it's ice." No Sh8t Pat! Walk towards the light! |
ELVIS GRBAC NFL Quarterback
Where to begin? As a QB Elvis is like a box a chocolates, you know the rest... Elvis has cuased me a lifetime of pain. Under achieving, unless he is playing against me. But as much as his first name protected him from my wrath, it was his performance with the Ravens that did him in.
A year of Grbac turnovers have made me long for Vinny Testaverde. In my opinion, Elvis will never have the leadership or heart of Trent Dilfer. That's NOT a joke. FYI, those were tears, not sweat. |
TONY SIRAGUSA Former NFL Nose Tackle
This one is a dubious choice. Why? Because many of my fellow Ravens fans see Tony as the Raven generation's Art Donovan. This mercenary isn't worthy to watch Artie on Letterman!!
He's not "colorful". He's not a "blue collar guy". He's not a "folk hero". And he doesn't really give a sh8t about Baltimore or the Ravens. Tony is in it for the paycheck, and Tony Siragusa. He was just in the right place at the right time with the right line of bull. |
JOE SUPERFAN We all know this tool
Don't get me wrong! I have nothing against face paint or cheering for your team. But there is always that one fan that goes to one or two games every season and believes to be the self-appointed leader that insists on "firing the crowd up!"
This putz that insists on standing on every play although no one is standing in front of him. And everyone around Joe Superfan has to be yelling even on offense and during time outs. SIT DOWN YOU FLIPPIN' IDOIT!!! We know what to do and when to do it! |
ORLANDO BROWN Offensive Lineman
When the Ravens were new I liked Zeus. Then he signed with Cleveland, and he bashed his time in Baltimore. After being accidentally hit by an official's flag he childishly threw the ref down and then sues the NFL. This revealed him as a hulking crybaby.
In 2003, returned to Baltimore (Gee I guess it wasn't so bad) and has been one of the most penalized players. Game after game has been a string of false starts, holdings, and un-necessary roughness call that have killed key drives. Big baby! |
BILL LEAVY Superbowl XL Referee
First off, I never watched a single minute of Superbowl XL. I watched "Independence Day" on HBO. It was a much better work of fiction. Bill Leavy was the head of the officiating crew that pretty handed Pittsburgh its fifth and undeserved ring. Even after having watch the "highlight" film on NFLNetwork which is edited to make the Steelers look good I'm convinced that it not entirely incompetence. |
UNDERAGE DRINKERS Got Any Natural Lite?
Okay, even I'll say I'm being a hypocrite here. But recently under aged college kids have discovered that they can go to the tailgate in the Ravens parking lots and not get hassled by the police. So we "serious" tailgater have to put up herds of underage guy getting fired up at what they see as the biggest kegger in town. Their hottie underage girlfriends can stay though. |