Lmao...

Flutie claims he hasn't heard anyone calling for Brees to play. He must be wearing earplugs and he must not be reading San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Nick Canepa, either:

"Doug Flutie has taken advantage of the no-fault clause in his Chargers contract, blaming everyone but Yoko Ono, Zola Budd and Jeb Bush for his recent failures. Doug Flutie being the exception, naturally.

"Following (Saturday's) 13-6 loss to the dreaded Raiders, Flutie at least said: 'This one's on me.'

"Saying that much had to be about as painful as trying to pass a kidney stone for Flutie, who often can point a finger better than he can direct a pass."

http://www.rochestersports.com/columns/1220story2.html

Here's an excerpt from that article that Matthews was referencing, and the link:

"Flutie's 39 and a veteran. He should be carrying this cross, not passing it along.

Ryan Leaf could act like a child at times, but I was there on more than one occasion when he took the blame for defeats. That's what a quarterback does. Flutie can't. And his teammates don't appreciate it, believe me.

A quarterback doesn't come out a few days before a game with the Raiders saying things like: "It's amazing -- I feel like I'm defending myself all the time . . . We just happened to miss a couple of field goals (in Philadelphia) . . . We fumble the ball and they return it for a touchdown, and I've got to defend myself."

After saying he ranks third in Pro Bowl balloting and how much he's loved by the common folk, Flutie fails to say that, in Philadelphia, he threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. He's been around enough to know that turnovers kill good teams, let alone poor ones.

By the way, he seems to be the only person who knows he's third in Pro Bowl balloting. But who's counting? It must be taking place in Palm Beach.

Yesterday, Flutie did his best to play the media, and head coach Mike Riley made excuses for his quarterback."

http://www.uniontrib.com/sports/canepa/20011216-9999_1s16canepa.html

[shiva2999]

"I don't call the plays, I just run 'em". - Rob Johnson

[billsfanone]

who cares

Case in point fanone!

Flutie's better than Rob. Rob's as bad as Leaf. Ergo, Flutie's better than Leaf.

Boy, that sure makes me want to see him in the probowl...


JUST AS YOU ARE SICK OF HEARING ABOUT FLUTIE MENTIONED, I GET A LITTLE TIRED OF EVERY TIME A POST ABOUT FLUTIE IS MADE, A QB NOT EVEN ON OUR TEAM ANYMORE, THOSE WHO SAY THEY'LL SUPPORT OUR QB NO MATTER WHO HE IS, IMMEDIATELY START TEARING ON RJ!

Doesn't that make you wonder....

It does me! B/c someone's FoS and it isn't those who support RJ or the team overall!

[BogusTrumper]

Well he is human. Comparing what he's said to what other QBs have said is completely appropriate.

shiva's still all worked up about the Flutie goggles that he got inside his specially marked box of Flutie Flakes while Doug was in Buffalo!

Is that your Christmas wish, to get Doug back shiva!

:D

[shiva2999]

My wish is to find my gorgeous blonde, bisexual, 28 year old ex-cheerleader assistant naked under the tree on Christmas morning.

But since I know that's never gonna happen, if Santa could arrange for TD's, GW's and RJ's immediate disappearance he would make one little boy (and I suspect a lot of other little boys) very, very happy.

[shiva2999]

:D

[shiva2999]

So why is it when Rob calls out Mike Sheppard about his play calling, it's justified, But when Doug Flutie does the same thing with Norv Turner he's an evil backstabbing dwarf with a bad haircut?

B/c THAT'S the way Flutie's ALWAYS been w/ everyone! Don't believe the others here that have been saying that, just click here and see what the 'tude is on Doug out in S.D.! He ain't exactly ingratiating and endearing himself to his teammates out there.

http://www.uniontrib.com/sports/canepa/20011216-9999_1s16canepa.html

Did ya read it! B/c it doesn't sound like you did.


Rob's not that way! He's way to quiet as has been the criticism of him. Not sure if you remember last year when many were astonished that he didn't call Doug out! Usually when someone like that speaks it ain't the boy who cried wolf, or in this case the boy who just cried in Flutie! Whined is probably a better descriptor!

Ahh, he'll be out of his misery soon on the heels of and finishing out one of the worst losing streaks for any NFL QB.

[shiva2999]

There goes another five minutes of my life I wasted. Thanks, wys.

Now if you'll read it again maybe you'll notice that the entire piece is ONE MAN"S OPINION, with the only reference to how DF's teammates feel is the totally uncorroberated assertion " I know his teammates don't appreciate it, believe me."

This article carries no more or less significance than anyone of a dozen of your more enthusiastic rants, wys.

Sorry.

[BogusTrumper]

Fab I know responses like that are common around here but you still haven't answered Shiva's question.

We know shiva! They're ALWAYS only the proverbial "one man's opinion" when it comes to Flutie! Funny thing is that when it's MANY 'one man's opinions', you STILL count them all as one! :laugh:

WHY do YOU defend him so much! You're a FF! Face it and quit hidin' behind lies! I mean ONLY someone who actually is a hardcore FF would STILL be defending this guy, ESPECIALLY since he isn't even on the team anymore!

You KNOW you wanted Flutie here, and you KNOW that you thought he'd have done better here! Well guess what!?

YOU WERE WRONG!!!

Just say it! "I was wrong!"

We'll all be easy on ya!

;)

Just imagine, you might be wrong about RJ too! How horrible would that be for you? ESPECIALLY if he's our starter for years. You'll agonize each and every Sunday as he starts and does well. You'll want to see us win "in spite" of him through 200 yard rushing performances each week, but it won't happen that way!

You'll be pissed that he's playing well, and be reminded of how BADLY FLUTIE SUCKED each and every time RJ takes the field!

Poor, poor shiver!

:laugh:

[shiva2999]

"I don't call the plays, I just run 'em" - Rob Johnson

[shiva2999]

I always thought I had a pretty good imagination and since as a "liberal" I can at least make an attempt to feel another man's pain, I tried to put the very scenario you mentioned together in my head. Here goes.

I first see I'm totally wrong about RJ and his desire to play here when RJ shows his love for Buffalo and the Bills by declaring that he's sorry that he hasn't been able to perform the way he was expected to perform but he's grateful for all the support he's been given and all the patience he's been shown, and so has renegotiated his contract and put his 5 million dollar bonus at the end of a 5 year extension, with his salary every year starting next year at league minimum. Any extra money he gets paid comes in the form of "durability bonuses". RJ says, "With my history it wouldn't be fair to the team to do it any other way. Besides, why should I get paid if I'm not playing, injured or not. After all, if you could get paid for not playing because of an "injury", everybody would want to have an "injury", and then where would we be? As a proud "conservative", I believe in "no play, no pay". It's the American way. Plus I love the city of Buffalo and it's wonderful fans who've supported me through thick and thin, don't blush guys, you know who you are and what you've done. I want to do everything I can do to restore and build on the great tradition that is Buffalo Bills football, and bring the superbowl to western New York. Heck, I love it here so much, if the NFL would let me, I'd pay the Bills to let me play here!

The entire team is dumbfounded, and then filled with shame for their own lazy and selfish attitudes. Inspired by Rob's magnificent example, they all run out and renegotiate their own contracts to include "durability bonuses". In unison they cry, "If it's good enough for rob, it's good enough for us. If you get hurt on the job, it's your own damn fault. Gettin paid to stand on the sideline with your arm in a sling, that sounds like commie talk to us. And there ain't no pinkos in this house!"

Then, with the huge windfall of cap money, and some astute drafting, Tom Donahoe goes out and totally rebuilds the o-line. In a press release he says, "I read somewhere that it's better to have an average qb behind a great o-line, rather than a great qb behind an average o-line. Makes sense to me AND the entire NFL community."

Wys, who feels ten feet tall at this point, proudly posts that since the o-line is now way better than last year's o-line, he's going to be more optimistic than his 2001 prediction of 13-3. In 2002, wys says, the Bills will be 15-1, although "I don't know where that loss is gonna come. But I figured predicting an undefeated season would be a little over the top even if the stats show that a team comprised entirely of guys with "durability bonuses" in their contracts have never lost a game in the NFL, so why should they start now?

In the meantime, Rob uses his time wisely and learns the WCO inside, outside and upsidedown. A throng of adoring reporters hear Rob snarl "No more excuses about not knowing the damn offence, ok? I even learned it in Spanish, Samoan and Ebonics, you never know who that genius, Tom Donahoe is going to bring in. And by the way, I found the cure for cancer, too."

The football fans in Buffalo go wild in anticipation of the upcoming season.

I'm s******g my pants.

The opening game of the season has been sold out for months. Ralph decides to give a free surfboard to the first 10,000 fans in the door. A local radio station runs a contest so a lucky fan can watch the game in a hot tub on the sideline with some of the Jills. The team comes out for the pre game warmup all wearing blue bandanas. The crowd goes wild.

RJ smiles that shy, quiet smile of his and proceeds to casually fire laser beams all over the field.

The fans chant "RJ is god, RJ is god".

In front of his TV, Wys is beside himself.

The game starts and it's better than anyone could have expected. Special teams are killer. The defense is voracious. Travis Henry is running wild. Rob's connecting with Larry Centers like it ain't no thang. the o-line is a brick wall.

In front of my TV, I'm drenched in sweat. I say to myself "Man, I'm screwed. I'll never be able to go back to bbi now, they'll all laugh at me. Oh, the humiliation."

And then it happens.

The next o-coordinator (whoever that is) calls for Moulds and Price to go deep.

Rob fades back to pass. Moulds and Price take off. they each have a step on the coverage. Rob has all the time in the world.

But, all of a sudden, deep behind his eyes, you can see something click off. Something not quite defineable, but it's there. Something like when your computer freezes. Call it Rob's big blue screen of death. He holds the ball, and he holds the ball. The o-line still won't let anyone near him. Price and Moulds reverse their routes, chased in vain by their cover guys and Rob still holds the ball. How long can the o-line, as good as it is, hold on? Rob looks left, right, left again, right again. Throw the ball, Rob, throw the ball! Left, right, the defense is right on top of him. He takes off running. Slide, Rob, slide!

(Insert here the most nauseatingly crushing, horrible crash noise you can imagine.)

The pile peels itself away to reveal Rob a twisted wreckage of broken bones in a little pile on the field.

The crowd jumps to its' feet. Children look away, women scream, grown men cry. Wys chokes on a chicken wing.

I jump to my feet and feel myself sucked through the TV screen and deposited on the field right next to the stricken Rob, who looks like Massala after the chariot race in "Ben Hur".

I get real close as rob struggles to maintain consciousness. I whisper "Why, Rob, why? Why didn't you throw the damn ball? You almost had me there."

Rob licks his bloody gums where his teeth used to be and croaks "Nobody was open so I tried to make a play. Sorry, dude."



I tried, wys, I really tried, but I just can't get past this point.



Sorry, dude.

[shiva2999]

When will this interview be published?:confused: