Tom Brady once told an NFL coach, if Aaron Rodgers had Patriots' offensive scheme & institutional knowledge on opposing defenses, "He'd throw for 7,000 yards every year. He's so much more talented than me."
Ian O'Connor
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Ian O'Connor
@Ian_OConnor
Columnist at @TheAthletic...6-time New York Times bestselling author...20-time first-place winner in national writing contests
- A personal note on Eli Manning & how seriously he took his job...
- Eli Manning drank beer on the Giants bus. He sang Sinatra with Yogi to celebrate a title. Before his final Sunday as a Giant, the story of how “Opie from Mayberry” conquered New York. - via @espn App es.pn/2QmHbqP
- Drew Brees should know that during WW2, whites in military sometimes crossed the street rather than salute a black officer. And that all white men except 1 (Steve Belichick, Bill’s dad) walked out of the Okinawa officers club when a black Naval officer, Samuel Barnes, walked in.
- His North Vietnamese torturers offered to send him home & John McCain said no. "That is your final answer?" they asked. "That is my final answer" he said. Wouldn't leave his fellow Americans. What a man
- You don't often hear an NFL player call a teammate a cancer on the radio, but Landon Collins just said that about Eli Apple to @espnbob
- Andy Reid finally wins a Super Bowl, and, more importantly, proves that nice guys do finish first. #Chiefs
- On being very thankful, and determined, at the end of my ESPN journey...
- Today I lost my brother Dan to brain trauma caused by a massive heart attack. World-class big brother who taught me to love sports. Morristown (NJ) Medical raised a flag to honor his final precious gift - donating his organs to help others.
- Aaron Boone on Derek Jeter's scouting reports on pitchers when returning to dugout: "Derek always said, 'This guy f----ng sucks.' Every single time."
- Sorry, even for those of us who were OK with a Year 3 for Joe Judge a few weeks ago, it's no longer OK. He made it easy on John Mara. He fired himself. The Giants absolutely need a new head coach to go with their new GM.
- At 41, Aaron Rodgers will never be truly elite again. But he needed to escape totally incompetent Jets coaching to prove he can still be a good, winning NFL quarterback. Landing with Mike Tomlin & the Steelers has been a godsend.
