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L.T. THE NEW FAVRE?
Posted by Mike Florio on May 5, 2008, 9:01 a.m.
September 3 will mark the six-year anniversary of the never-ending (and still continuing) question of when and if Brett Favre will be done with football. Peter King of Sports Illustrated spawned the cottage industry of Favre conjecture with an item in which Brett mused about no longer having to deal with the rigors of the game.
“I think about retirement a heck of a lot more than I used to,” a then-32-year-old Favre said at the time. “I miss home. I know it’s nuts, but [coach] Mike Sherman told us today he was giving us Saturday and Sunday off this week, and the guys were all excited. All I could think was, I wish I could be on my lawn mower back home.”
And with Favre now retired (we think) and Giants defensive end Michael Strahan temporarily (we think) assuming the mantle of the high-profile player most likely to next retire, we need to add another name to the mix.
Unfortunately.
And the guy is Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson.
In an interview with Colleen Dominguez of ESPN, Tomlinson strongly suggested that he might walk away from the NFL sooner than anyone realizes. The topic came up after Dominguez estimated that L.T. is roughly five solid seasons away from toppling Emmitt Smith’s all-time rushing mark.
Tomlinson said in response that he might not play that long.
“It comes a time where you gotta walk away from the game,” he said. “I really would like to walk away from the game on top. I dont want to be a player that’s declining and have to be kicked out of the league and not getting picked up by a team.”
That last statement might have been a backhanded slap at running back Shaun Alexander, the 2005 NFL MVP who was run out of Seattle last month, and who is not beating the bushes for a new gig.
So, as to Tomlinson, what does “walking away from the game on top” mean? He’ll be 29 in June, he entered the league only one year after the aforementioned Alexander, and Tomlinson was the MVP a year after Shaun.
In our view, it all means that (unfortunately) we need to now constantly assess, year after year, whether L.T. will return. He sounds committed to playing again in 2008. Beyond that, it’s anybody’s guess.
Especially if his goal is to walk away before his skills begin to erode.
http://football.about.com/gi/dynamic...Frumormill.htm
- John Elway“When we do find that guy, we’ve got to have the continuity on the offensive side to where we can train him and develop him and get him there. This is our fourth offense in probably three or four years. Quarterbacks need to be developed. You don’t find one ready-made. We got to have a solid system in place for when we do go after whatever guy it may be, a young guy or a trade or whatnot.”
LT retiring would be the beginning of the end for the Bolts. Rivers' incompetence would be exposed butt-nekkid for all the World to see without LT covering for him. Rivers would turn into Jeff George, just with a lot less natural ability.
In any event, I think we'll start to see LT slow down starting this Year. I see him in the 4.0 - 4.3 YPC neighborhood, with 1300 yards rushing. Good, but back to Earth.
They missed the boat, in other words. Because the Chargers Suck.
“What fresh hell is this?”
"A man who picks a cat up by the tail learns something which he can learn in no other way." - Mark Twain
I think the Bolts window is open for the next three years. Their regular season schedule will never be this easy again (based on opponents winning percentage), so it's time to take advantage. It would be nice to be able to bring home the hardware and make the claim of the only division with every team having won it all.
Gimme some footyball, please!
Bolts Suck!
Colorado Championship Tracker
Colorado Avalanche 3 Stanley Cups
Colorado Rockies 0 World Series Champions
Denver Broncos 3 Super Bowl victories
Denver Nuggets 1 NBA Championship
Chargers really suck!!
Chargers suck the fun out of San Diego.
Bolts Suck!
Colorado Championship Tracker
Colorado Avalanche 3 Stanley Cups
Colorado Rockies 0 World Series Champions
Denver Broncos 3 Super Bowl victories
Denver Nuggets 1 NBA Championship
Bolts Suck!
Colorado Championship Tracker
Colorado Avalanche 3 Stanley Cups
Colorado Rockies 0 World Series Champions
Denver Broncos 3 Super Bowl victories
Denver Nuggets 1 NBA Championship
Did I ever opine on the Chargers pure suckiness? if not they suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only thing that sucks more than the Chargers are their fairweathered fans.
the chargirls are sucking air and blowing chow.
They see thier daddy's (the Broncos) growing in power and strength and they can't stand it.
They are getting weaker. We are getting stronger.
Merry.
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