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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Just thinking about this further, but it makes even more sense beyond just good team leadership.
Think about Ninko, 5th-round pick, doesn't do much as a rookie, gets waived, hooks onto the Dolphins for a bit before getting waived again, moves around the practice squad to the active roster back to the practice squad back to the Saints back to being waived before finally hooking on with the Patriots, where he was a back-up contributor. He didn't become a full-time starter until his 5th year. He knows better than most what Fletcher was going through.
And before Tom was the GOAT, he was the 6th-round, 4th-string QB on a 5-11 Patriots team. He has a healthy respect for every single guy on the team, because he knows what it's like to be near the bottom.
So we should always be mindful of the late bloomers and the under-rated guys who become stars. Jules was next to nobody 4 years ago. Chung had to leave before he could come back and become an effective starter. There's a ton of these guys throughout the recent history, from Lawfirm to Arrington to Asante and waaaaaaaaaay back even to former 8th-round pick Troy Brown, who didn't become a full-time starter until his 8th year in the league.
For all we know, Fletcher could be the next Ninko.
I don't mean to go on about this. But it just hit me that those two guys especially would reach out. Mayo is a leader, and Fletcher was his backup so they must have also been close.
It worked. Da Bears stayed in Chicago.Fletcher is from Montana.
Brady went to Montana to train this off season.
Brady needed someone to protect him from bears.
Brady encouraged Fletcher to continue playing football.
Fletcher protected Brady from bears.
Now, if we can just get them to talk Payton Manning into retiring, we would be good.
Uhhhh I meant convince him to play forever lolNo, I think he is helping us more where he is.
It's not even remotely surprising that Brady, Ninkovich, and Mayo ~ 3 guys with the Hearts of Lions ~ would passionately solicit one'f their own ~ Dane Fletcher ~ to stride Once More Unto The Breach.
Dane Fletcher has long been an enormous Favorite of mine, for he commands a tremendous Fusion of Power, Agility, Intelligence, and Heart. It's no wonder at all that he inspired his Brethren thus.
And I don't hold it against'm that he was ready to put up'is Spikes after not one but three ACLs. Christ.
Fanatical Yankee's Recovery Year Rule applies, though: Don't expect naught but Flashes until 2016.
But if he ever stays on the Field for a few Years running ~ and this's's Last Chance ~ his Impact could be huge.
Sports, unlike anything else I've experienced, is a true brotherhood. Fletcher may not be significant to fans because he's not in Pro Bowls (whatever), making All Pro teams, etc., but to the men in that locker room he's very relevant. All 53 guys are relevant to each other, especially in a locker room like NE's. I've been in situations where I have fought teammates (LOL) and we we would go out there and bleed for each other on game days. It's really just like being a part of a family.Guess he left quite an impression on these boys. Didn't think he was relevant enough to get this kinda boost.
I've been wondering for years and I finally have to ask -- do you talk in the same manner you type?
It's not even remotely surprising that Brady, Ninkovich, and Mayo ~ 3 guys with the Hearts of Lions ~ would passionately solicit one'f their own ~ Dane Fletcher ~ to stride Once More Unto The Breach.
Dane Fletcher has long been an enormous Favorite of mine, for he commands a tremendous Fusion of Power, Agility, Intelligence, and Heart. It's no wonder at all that he inspired his Brethren thus.
And I don't hold it against'm that he was ready to put up'is Spikes after not one but three ACLs. Christ.
Fanatical Yankee's Recovery Year Rule applies, though: Don't expect naught but Flashes until 2016.
But if he ever stays on the Field for a few Years running ~ and this's's Last Chance ~ his Impact could be huge.
I've been wondering for years and I finally have to ask -- do you talk in the same manner you type?
Guess he left quite an impression on these boys. Didn't think he was relevant enough to get this kinda boost.
Ha ha!! Great Question, Brother Interception!!
I actually had to think about this one...
01 ~ I assure you that I employ far far many more F Bombs in Conversation than hereabouts, and would do so here as well, were it not Forbidden. I am generally quite happily Vulgar.
02 ~ And I readily confess that the quality of my Conversation is undoubtedly inferior to that of my Writing: Given the leisure of Time and Editing that Writing allows us, I can of course craft my thoughts precisely as I wish to convey them. But of course it's different when caught in the RealTime of an active Conversation: Processing Speed is a characteristic that I admire in others, but possess scarcely little of, myself. I will, consequently, often enough fall short, in Conversation, of the Eloquence that I aspire to.
But other'n that: Yeah!! The Italics and the Contractions that I make such liberal use of are in fact part of my attempt to convey my thoughts as authentically as possible ~ to convey them as I would say them.
Short answer: I read a lot of Steven King but a lot of Jane Austen, too...So yes: I actually do use words like "whence" and "whither"...and "phuckery" in everyday Conversation!!
I have to say, no matter what you're talking about, there's always substance and character in your posts!
OTG, I want to know how you still get some of the old smiley thingies to still work here (I think you explained it a while ago but I didn't keep it around for reference). I miss :bricks:, that one would be appropriate for this post.
Actually, they're not from here. I poach them from around the InterNet and am actually so frighteningly obsessed with getting just the right Emoticon for just the right moment that I have a SubFolder of Emoticons in my BookMarks!! So when I want to deploy one'f'm, I just pop'm in the "Image" Option that PatsFans provides us in its ToolBar for our Posts, right next to the "Smilies" Options!!
Here's the one you're looking for: http://www.puppstheories.com/forum/html/emoticons/bricks.gif
And here in Live Action!!
I suspect that your high self standards are far more of a factor than processing speed. You take great care about the accuracy of what you say.Ha ha!! Great Question, Brother Interception!!
I actually had to think about this one...
01 ~ I assure you that I employ far far many more F Bombs in Conversation than hereabouts, and would do so here as well, were it not Forbidden. I am generally quite happily Vulgar.
02 ~ And I readily confess that the quality of my Conversation is undoubtedly inferior to that of my Writing: Given the leisure of Time and Editing that Writing allows us, I can of course craft my thoughts precisely as I wish to convey them. But of course it's different when caught in the RealTime of an active Conversation: Processing Speed is a characteristic that I admire in others, but possess scarcely little of, myself. I will, consequently, often enough fall short, in Conversation, of the Eloquence that I aspire to.
But other'n that: Yeah!! The Italics and the Contractions that I make such liberal use of are in fact part of my attempt to convey my thoughts as authentically as possible ~ to convey them as I would say them.
Short answer: I read a lot of Steven King but a lot of Jane Austen, too...So yes: I actually do use words like "whence" and "whither"...and "phuckery" in everyday Conversation!!
YOU DA MAN!!
Seriously, thanks OTG!